Re: [PATCH 7/8] auto bind the memory device which is hotplugedbefore the driver is loaded

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Tue Jun 26 2012 - 13:14:30 EST


On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 05:22:40PM +0800, Wen Congyang wrote:
> If the memory device is hotpluged before the driver is loaded, the
> user cannot see this device under the directory /sys/bus/acpi/devices/,
> and the user cannot bind it by hand after the driver is loaded.

Why not? Can the user rmmod acpi_memhotplug and modprobe it?

> This patch introduces a new feature to bind such device when is driver

s/when is/when the/
> is being loaded.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
> index 148c88a..a682657 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
> @@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> #define MEMORY_POWER_ON_STATE 1
> #define MEMORY_POWER_OFF_STATE 2
>
> +static bool auto_probe;
> +module_param(auto_probe, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
> +
> static int acpi_memory_device_add(struct acpi_device *device);
> static int acpi_memory_device_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type);
>
> @@ -515,12 +518,44 @@ acpi_memory_register_notify_handler(acpi_handle handle,
> u32 level, void *ctxt, void **retv)
> {
> acpi_status status;
> -
> + struct acpi_memory_device *mem_device = NULL;
> + unsigned long long current_status;

Can it just be unsigned long?

>
> status = is_memory_device(handle);
> if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> return AE_OK; /* continue */
>
> + if (auto_probe) {
> + if (acpi_memory_get_device(handle, &mem_device))
> + goto install;
> +
> + /* Get device present/absent information from the _STA */
> + status = acpi_evaluate_integer(mem_device->device->handle,
> + "_STA", NULL, &current_status);
> + if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> + goto install;
> +
> + /*
> + * Check for device status. Device should be
> + * present/enabled/functioning.
> + */
> + if (!((current_status & ACPI_STA_DEVICE_PRESENT)
> + && (current_status & ACPI_STA_DEVICE_ENABLED)
> + && (current_status & ACPI_STA_DEVICE_FUNCTIONING)))

Can you make this:
!(current_status & (ACPI_STA_DEVICE_PRESENT | ACPI_STA_DEVICE_ENABLED | ACPI_STA_DEVICE_FUNCTIONING))

instead?
> + goto install;
> +
> + /* We have bound this device while we register the dirver */

driver.
> + if (mem_device->state == MEMORY_POWER_ON_STATE)
> + goto install;
> +
> + ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
> + "\nauto probe memory device\n"));
> +
> + if (acpi_memory_enable_device(mem_device))
> + pr_err(PREFIX "Cannot enable memory device\n");

Would it be prudent to provide more information? Like which device could
not be enabled? And perhaps the reason why it could not be enabled?

> + }
> +
> +install:
> status = acpi_install_notify_handler(handle, ACPI_SYSTEM_NOTIFY,
> acpi_memory_device_notify, NULL);
> /* continue */
> --
> 1.7.1
>
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