Re: [PATCH] powercap, intel_rapl.c, fix BIOS lock check

From: Seiichi Ikarashi
Date: Tue Dec 08 2015 - 19:24:31 EST


On 2015-12-09 03:33, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> Intel RAPL initialized on several systems where the BIOS lock bit (msr
> 0x610, bit 63) was set. This occured because the return value of
> rapl_read_data_raw() was being checked, rather than the value of the variable
> passed in, locked.
>
> This patch properly implments the rapl_read_data_raw() call to check the
> variable locked, and now the Intel RAPL driver outputs the warning:
>
> intel_rapl: RAPL package 0 domain package locked by BIOS
>
> and does not initialize for the package.
>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Radivoje Jovanovic <radivoje.jovanovic@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Seiichi Ikarashi <s.ikarashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ajay Thomas <ajay.thomas.david.rajamanickam@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c b/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c
> index cc97f08..0b0d09d 100644
> --- a/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c
> +++ b/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c
> @@ -1341,11 +1341,13 @@ static int rapl_detect_domains(struct rapl_package *rp, int cpu)
>
> for (rd = rp->domains; rd < rp->domains + rp->nr_domains; rd++) {
> /* check if the domain is locked by BIOS */
> - if (rapl_read_data_raw(rd, FW_LOCK, false, &locked)) {
> + ret = rapl_read_data_raw(rd, FW_LOCK, false, &locked);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> + if (locked)
> pr_info("RAPL package %d domain %s locked by BIOS\n",
> rp->id, rd->name);
> rd->state |= DOMAIN_STATE_BIOS_LOCKED;
> - }
> }

A good spot!
But this patch looks setting DOMAIN_STATE_BIOS_LOCKED bit to all package domains.
I suppose what you are going to do is like below.

--- a/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c 2015-11-02 09:05:25.000000000 +0900
+++ b/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c 2015-12-09 09:05:33.386142840 +0900
@@ -1340,10 +1340,13 @@ static int rapl_detect_domains(struct ra

for (rd = rp->domains; rd < rp->domains + rp->nr_domains; rd++) {
/* check if the domain is locked by BIOS */
- if (rapl_read_data_raw(rd, FW_LOCK, false, &locked)) {
+ ret = rapl_read_data_raw(rd, FW_LOCK, false, &locked);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ if (locked) {
pr_info("RAPL package %d domain %s locked by BIOS\n",
rp->id, rd->name);
- rd->state |= DOMAIN_STATE_BIOS_LOCKED;
+ rd->state |= DOMAIN_STATE_BIOS_LOCKED;
}
}


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