Re: [PATCH] PCI/ACPI: Disable AER when _OSC control bit is clear.

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Thu Jan 11 2018 - 13:09:15 EST


On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 09:03:16AM -0600, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> From: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>
>
> Currently, aer_service_init() checks if AER is available and that
> Firmware First handling is not enabled. The _OSC request for AER is
> not taken into account when deciding to enable AER in Linux.
>
> We should check that the _OSC control for AER is set. If it's not
> then AER should be disabled.
>
> The _OSC control for AER is not requested when APEI Firmware First is
> used, so the same condition applies.
>
> Mark AER as disabled if the _OSC request was not made or accepted.
>
> Remove redunant check for aer_acpi_firmware_first() when calling
> aer_service_init(), since this is check is already included when
> checking the _OSC control.

s/redunant/redundant/

The concept seems right to me. Please add a citation to the relevant spec
section. I think this is somewhere in the PCI Firmware spec.

> Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/acpi/pci_root.c | 3 +++
> drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
> index 6fc204a52493..19a625ed8de9 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
> @@ -512,6 +512,9 @@ static void negotiate_os_control(struct acpi_pci_root *root, int *no_aspm)
> */
> *no_aspm = 1;
> }
> +
> + if (!(requested & control & OSC_PCI_EXPRESS_AER_CONTROL))
> + pci_no_aer();
> }
>
> static int acpi_pci_root_add(struct acpi_device *device,
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv.c
> index 6ff5f5b4f5e6..39bb059777d0 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv.c
> @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static void aer_error_resume(struct pci_dev *dev)
> */
> static int __init aer_service_init(void)
> {
> - if (!pci_aer_available() || aer_acpi_firmware_first())
> + if (!pci_aer_available())
> return -ENXIO;
> return pcie_port_service_register(&aerdriver);
> }
> --
> 2.14.1
>
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