Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] ACPI: ARM64: support for ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 6:15 PM, Aleksey Makarov
<aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This patchset adds support for ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE for ARM64
>
> These patches help with:
>
> 1). During development of a platform, it is much easier to debug
> problems with tables if you can test replacement ones without having to
> respin the firmware. In the server world, you usually don't have the
> firmware source code, so to get it respun could be days-weeks even if
> you are working with the authors closely. We have practically used this
> feature on a number of platforms already and it will continue.
>
> 2). They empower (advanced) users and developers to work around problems
> that they find on platforms. Sure, we want firmware to always be fixed
> and working well, but it is better if folks have the tools.
>
> It's also required for parity with x86 functionality on servers as Redhat
> use that method in their tooling.
>
> The patchset refactors the code introduced by the patches by Lv Zheng [1],
> fixes access to the destination of new ACPI tables as suggested
> by Mark Rutland [2] and enables the feature for ARM64
>
> It was first sent by Jon Masters [3] to linaro-acpi in December 2015
>
> Tested on QEMU (arm64 and x86) and ThunderX
> Should be applied to next-20160519
>
> v2:
> - add Acked-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>
> - replace the original patch "ACPI: table upgrade: move early_initrd_acpi_init()
>   to header file" with the patch "ACPI: table upgrade: refactor function
>   definitions".  This new patch is just the original one rewritten following the
>   suggestion by Lv Zheng to use initrd_start, inird_end directly in
>   acpi_table_initrd_init().  It simplifies things noticeably.
> - add Jon's explanations to the cover of the patchset and my explanations
>   to "ACPI: ARM64: support for ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE"
> - introduce ARCH_HAS_ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE in a separate patch (Mark Rutland)
> - move arch-specific definition to an arch-specific header in a separate patch
>   (Mark Rutland)
>
> v1:
> https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1463486765-31827-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/g/cover.1460340514.git.lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx
> [2] https://lists.linaro.org/pipermail/linaro-acpi/2015-December/006101.html
> [3] https://lists.linaro.org/pipermail/linaro-acpi/2015-December/006099.html
>
> Aleksey Makarov (4):
>   ACPI: table upgrade: use cacheable map for tables
>   ACPI: table upgrade: refactor function definitions
>   ACPI: table upgrade: move arch-specific symbol to asm/acpi.h
>   ACPI: table upgrade: introduce ARCH_HAS_ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE
>
> Jon Masters (1):
>   ACPI: ARM64: support for ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE
>
>  arch/arm64/Kconfig            |  1 +
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h |  2 ++
>  arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c     |  6 ++++--
>  arch/x86/Kconfig              |  1 +
>  arch/x86/include/asm/acpi.h   |  2 ++
>  arch/x86/kernel/setup.c       |  9 +--------
>  drivers/acpi/Kconfig          |  5 ++++-
>  drivers/acpi/tables.c         | 23 +++++++++--------------
>  include/linux/acpi.h          |  8 ++++++--
>  9 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

I'm fine with the series.

I can queue up patches [1-4/5] for 4.8, but I'll need an ACK from the
ARM64 maintainers for the [5/5].

Thanks,
Rafael