Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:35:47 +0200
From: Pali =?utf-8?B?Um9ow6Fy?= <pali.rohar@gmail.com>
To: Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org>,
        Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@gmail.com>
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        "platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org" 
	<platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org>,
        Alex Hung <alex.hung@canonical.com>,
        Andrei Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail.com>,
        "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] dell-rbtn: Ignore ACPI notifications if device is
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On Tuesday 29 March 2016 15:11:35 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, March 28, 2016 10:33:09 AM Darren Hart wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 12:24:56PM +0100, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote:
> > > 2016-03-24 10:39 GMT+01:00 Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com>:
> > > > On Monday 21 March 2016 16:13:34 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote:
> > > >> 2016-03-21 13:17 GMT+01:00 Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com>:
> > > >> > On Friday 18 March 2016 23:44:23 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote:
> > > >> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
> > > >> >> +static void ACPI_SYSTEM_XFACE rbtn_acpi_clear_flag(void *context)
> > > >> >> +{
> > > >> >> +     struct rbtn_data *rbtn_data = context;
> > > >> >> +
> > > >> >> +     rbtn_data->suspended = false;
> > > >> >> +}
> > > >> >> +
> > > >> >> +static int rbtn_suspend(struct device *dev)
> > > >> >> +{
> > > >> >> +     struct acpi_device *device = to_acpi_device(dev);
> > > >> >> +     struct rbtn_data *rbtn_data = acpi_driver_data(device);
> > > >> >> +
> > > >> >> +     rbtn_data->suspended = true;
> > > >> >> +
> > > >> >> +     return 0;
> > > >> >> +}
> > > >> >> +
> > > >> >> +static int rbtn_resume(struct device *dev)
> > > >> >> +{
> > > >> >> +     struct acpi_device *device = to_acpi_device(dev);
> > > >> >> +     struct rbtn_data *rbtn_data = acpi_driver_data(device);
> > > >> >> +     acpi_status status;
> > > >> >> +
> > > >> >> +     /*
> > > >> >> +      * Clear the flag only after we received the extra
> > > >> >> +      * ACPI notification.
> > > >> >> +      */
> > > >> >> +     status = acpi_os_execute(OSL_NOTIFY_HANDLER,
> > > >> >> +                      rbtn_acpi_clear_flag, rbtn_data);
> > > >> >> +     if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> > > >> >> +             rbtn_data->suspended = false;
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I case when acpi_os_execute success it calls rbtn_acpi_clear_flag,
> > > >> > right? And that will set suspended to false. When acpi_os_execute fails,
> > > >> > then it set suspended too to false... Then whole acpi_os_execute doing
> > > >> > just "barrier" after which suspended flag can be set to false. So I
> > > >> > think rbtn_acpi_clear_flag function is not needed here.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Cannot you pass NULL or empty function pointer as callback? Or what was
> > > >> > reason to do that flag clearing at "two places"?
> > > >>
> > > >> acpi_os_execute doesn't wait for the callback to be executed, so
> > > >> I can't clear the flag from rbtn_resume.
> > > >
> > > > acpi_os_execute calls callback asynchronously later? Or what exactly do it?
> > > 
> > > In this case, it adds the callback to the kacpi_notify_wq workqueue
> > > for deferred execution.
> > 
> > +Rafael for context/advice on the use of acpi_os_execute here.
> > 
> > This is true, but a quick scan through that call path doesn't tell me why we
> > would need to call it here instead of just setting rbtn_data->suspended = false.
> > The comment suggests waiting for the event, but is that what this is doing? It
> > appears to me to be immediately scheduling the function to a work queue, not
> > waiting for the event notifier.
> 
> I think this is supposed to work as a barrier.  That is, it will only run after
> all events in the queue have been processed.
> 
> I'm not sure if that's necessary, though.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rafael
> 

Darren, Gabriele, what is state of this patch? Bug is not still fixed,
right?

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@gmail.com