Re: [PATCH] x86/ACPI: Fix regression caused by 16ee7b3dcc56

From: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@linux.intel.com>
To: Jim Bos <jim876@xs4all.nl>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	x86@kernel.org
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/ACPI: Fix regression caused by 16ee7b3dcc56
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 09:56:28 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <55272DCC.1010900@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5526ABA9.1000700@xs4all.nl>

On 2015/4/10 0:41, Jim Bos wrote:
> On 04/09/2015 12:15 PM, Jiang Liu wrote:
>> On 2015/4/8 23:51, Jim Bos wrote:
>>> On 04/08/2015 07:26 AM, Jiang Liu wrote:
>>>> On 2015/4/8 0:49, Jim Bos wrote:
>>>>> On 04/07/2015 04:34 PM, Jiang Liu wrote:
<snip>
>> Hi Jim,
>> 	I'm really confused. I can't even explain why my previous
>> patch fixes the issue on AMD geode board now:(
>>
>> For the Dell laptop, seems you have:
>> 1) build a kernel with Local APIC and IOAPIC enabled
>> 2) lapic is disabled by BIOS, so there's no ACPI MADT(APIC)
>> table at all.
>> That means the laptop is working with 8259 PICs only.
>> There's little change between 3.16 and 4.0 related to 8259.
>>
>> For the AMD geode board, I still think original code is right.
>> I can't explain why the patch fix the issue.
>>
>> So could you please help to:
>> 1) Try to enable lapic on Dell laptop in BIOS
>> 2) Dump acpi tables and dmesg on AMD board
>>
>> If that still doesn't help, I will try to send you some
>> debug patches to gather more info.
>> Thanks!
>> Gerry
>>> _
>>> Jim
>>>
>>
> 
> Gerry,
> 
> As you mentioned your patch shouldn't make a difference, run some more
> tests, as it turns out:
> - geode system  broken on 3.16+ up to and including 3.19, however, on
> plain 4.0-rc6 it works!  Root cause appears to be there isn't an ACPI
> interrupt assigned in non-working kernels.
> - other system I got my hands on: Pentium(R) CPU G3220, broken on 3.19.0
> when boot parameter 'nosmp' is specified, again no acpi entry in
> /proc/interrupts,  working fine on 4.0-rc6
> 
> So obviously between 3.19 and 4.0-rc6 something got fixed here!
Hi Jim,
Yes, the bugfix patch should be:
commit 1ea76fbadd66("x86/irq: Fix regression caused by commit b568b8601f05")

> The Dell laptop remains the only problem then on 4.0-rc6, there IS an
> acpi interrupt  (but firing once apparently).
> There isn't an option in BIOS to enable LAPIC, however, when specifying
> 'lapic' as boot parameter I got interesting result, still not working
> and /proc/interrups still shows XT-PIC.  Doing a diff between dmesg on
> 3.19 and 4.0-rc6 this pops out:
> 
> -Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- you can enable it with "lapic"
> -APIC: disable apic facility
> -APIC: switched to apic NOOP
> +Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- reenabling.
> +Found and enabled local APIC!
> 
> +Enabling APIC mode:  Flat.  Using 0 I/O APICs
What's the last know working kernel for Dell laptop?
Does it work as expected with v3.19 kernel?
Do you means this message is from plain v4.0-rc6 kernel?
Thanks!
Gerry

> 
> Jim
>