Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] ACPI: APEI: explicit init HEST and GHES in apci_init

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 7:18 PM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Shuai,
>
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 01:26:17PM +0800, Shuai Xue wrote:
> > From commit e147133a42cb ("ACPI / APEI: Make hest.c manage the estatus
> > memory pool") was merged, ghes_init() relies on acpi_hest_init() to manage
> > the estatus memory pool. On the other hand, ghes_init() relies on
> > sdei_init() to detect the SDEI version and (un)register events. The
> > dependencies are as follows:
> >
> >     ghes_init() => acpi_hest_init() => acpi_bus_init() => acpi_init()
> >     ghes_init() => sdei_init()
> >
> > HEST is not PCI-specific and initcall ordering is implicit and not
> > well-defined within a level.
> >
> > Based on above, remove acpi_hest_init() from acpi_pci_root_init() and
> > convert ghes_init() and sdei_init() from initcalls to explicit calls in the
> > following order:
> >
> >     acpi_hest_init()
> >     ghes_init()
> >         sdei_init()
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@linux.alibaba.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c    | 19 ++++++++-----------
> >  drivers/acpi/bus.c          |  2 ++
> >  drivers/acpi/pci_root.c     |  3 ---
> >  drivers/firmware/Kconfig    |  1 +
> >  drivers/firmware/arm_sdei.c | 13 ++-----------
> >  include/acpi/apei.h         |  4 +++-
> >  include/linux/arm_sdei.h    |  2 ++
> >  7 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> > index 0c5c9acc6254..aadc0a972f18 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> > @@ -1457,33 +1457,35 @@ static struct platform_driver ghes_platform_driver = {
> >       .remove         = ghes_remove,
> >  };
> >
> > -static int __init ghes_init(void)
> > +void __init ghes_init(void)
> >  {
> >       int rc;
> >
> > +     sdei_init();
> > +
> >       if (acpi_disabled)
> > -             return -ENODEV;
> > +             return;
> >
> >       switch (hest_disable) {
> >       case HEST_NOT_FOUND:
> > -             return -ENODEV;
> > +             return;
> >       case HEST_DISABLED:
> >               pr_info(GHES_PFX "HEST is not enabled!\n");
> > -             return -EINVAL;
> > +             return;
> >       default:
> >               break;
> >       }
> >
> >       if (ghes_disable) {
> >               pr_info(GHES_PFX "GHES is not enabled!\n");
> > -             return -EINVAL;
> > +             return;
> >       }
> >
> >       ghes_nmi_init_cxt();
> >
> >       rc = platform_driver_register(&ghes_platform_driver);
> >       if (rc)
> > -             goto err;
> > +             return;
> >
> >       rc = apei_osc_setup();
> >       if (rc == 0 && osc_sb_apei_support_acked)
> > @@ -1494,9 +1496,4 @@ static int __init ghes_init(void)
> >               pr_info(GHES_PFX "APEI firmware first mode is enabled by APEI bit.\n");
> >       else
> >               pr_info(GHES_PFX "Failed to enable APEI firmware first mode.\n");
> > -
> > -     return 0;
> > -err:
> > -     return rc;
> >  }
> > -device_initcall(ghes_init);
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
> > index 07f604832fd6..3f403db20f69 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
> > @@ -1331,6 +1331,8 @@ static int __init acpi_init(void)
> >
> >       pci_mmcfg_late_init();
> >       acpi_iort_init();
> > +     acpi_hest_init();
> > +     ghes_init();
> >       acpi_scan_init();
> >       acpi_ec_init();
> >       acpi_debugfs_init();
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
> > index b76db99cced3..6f9e75d14808 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
> > @@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
> >  #include <linux/slab.h>
> >  #include <linux/dmi.h>
> >  #include <linux/platform_data/x86/apple.h>
> > -#include <acpi/apei.h>       /* for acpi_hest_init() */
> > -
> >  #include "internal.h"
> >
> >  #define ACPI_PCI_ROOT_CLASS          "pci_bridge"
> > @@ -943,7 +941,6 @@ struct pci_bus *acpi_pci_root_create(struct acpi_pci_root *root,
> >
> >  void __init acpi_pci_root_init(void)
> >  {
> > -     acpi_hest_init();
> >       if (acpi_pci_disabled)
> >               return;
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
> > index 75cb91055c17..ad114d9cdf8e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
> > @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ config ARM_SCPI_POWER_DOMAIN
> >  config ARM_SDE_INTERFACE
> >       bool "ARM Software Delegated Exception Interface (SDEI)"
> >       depends on ARM64
> > +     select ACPI_APEI_GHES
>
> As the kernel test robot pointed out [1], you cannot do this.
> CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_GHES is a user selectable symbol that has dependencies,
> which 'select' completely overrides, resulting in build failures when
> CONFIG_ACPI_APEI is not enabled.
>
> If CONFIG_ARM_SDE_INTERFACE truly requires CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_GHES, you
> should have "depends on ACPI_APEI_GHES".
>
> If CONFIG_ARM_SDE_INTERFACE soft depends on CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_GHES for
> functionality but can work without it, you could use
> "imply ACPI_APEI_GHES", which will enable CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_GHES if its
> dependencies are met.
>
> I noticed the same error with Alpine Linux's aarch64 configuration [2]
> if you wanted a quick configuration to test with.
>
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202202151504.jWpZGPaH-lkp@intel.com/
> [2]: https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/community/linux-edge/config-edge.aarch64

Note that I've dropped these patches from my linux-next branch now.