Re: [PATCH 4.14 044/100] ACPICA: AML interpreter: add region addresses in global list during initialization

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 03:45:26PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> On Thu, 2018-11-29 at 15:12 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > 
> > ------------------
> > 
> > From: Erik Schmauss <erik.schmauss@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > commit 4abb951b73ff0a8a979113ef185651aa3c8da19b upstream.
> > 
> > The table load process omitted adding the operation region address
> > range to the global list. This omission is problematic because the OS
> > queries the global list to check for address range conflicts before
> > deciding which drivers to load. This commit may result in warning
> > messages that look like the following:
> > 
> > [    7.871761] ACPI Warning: system_IO range 0x00000428-0x0000042F conflicts with op_region 0x00000400-0x0000047F (\PMIO) (20180531/utaddress-213)
> > [    7.871769] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
> > 
> > However, these messages do not signify regressions. It is a result of
> > properly adding address ranges within the global address list.
> > 
> > Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200011
> > Tested-by: Jean-Marc Lenoir <archlinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Erik Schmauss <erik.schmauss@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: All applicable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I'm confused. While we were discussing the regression, Erik said that
> this is fixing commit 5a8361f7ecceaed64b4064000d16cb703462be49, which
> went upstream in v4.17. So how can the fix be needed in any kernel
> older than v4.17? Erik, did I understand you incorrectly?

The patch says "All applicable", and I assumed that meant, "as long as
it applies."

Erik, should I drop this from 4.14.y?

thanks,

greg k-h