Re: [PATCH] ACPI: x86: Call acpi_boot_table_init() after acpi_table_upgrade()

[George Kennedy]

Rafael & Mike,

Do you still need this patch tested in the failing scenario?

Have not seen any recent activity on this.

Thank you,
George

On 4/13/2021 10:01 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Commit 1a1c130ab757 ("ACPI: tables: x86: Reserve memory occupied by
> ACPI tables") attempted to address an issue with reserving the memory
> occupied by ACPI tables, but it broke the initrd-based table override
> mechanism relied on by multiple users.
>
> To restore the initrd-based ACPI table override functionality, move
> the acpi_boot_table_init() invocation in setup_arch() on x86 after
> the acpi_table_upgrade() one.
>
> Fixes: 1a1c130ab757 ("ACPI: tables: x86: Reserve memory occupied by ACPI tables")
> Reported-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> George, can you please check if this reintroduces the issue addressed by
> the above commit for you?
>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kernel/setup.c |    5 ++---
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-pm/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> +++ linux-pm/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -1045,9 +1045,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
>   
>   	cleanup_highmap();
>   
> -	/* Look for ACPI tables and reserve memory occupied by them. */
> -	acpi_boot_table_init();
> -
>   	memblock_set_current_limit(ISA_END_ADDRESS);
>   	e820__memblock_setup();
>   
> @@ -1132,6 +1129,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
>   	reserve_initrd();
>   
>   	acpi_table_upgrade();
> +	/* Look for ACPI tables and reserve memory occupied by them. */
> +	acpi_boot_table_init();
>   
>   	vsmp_init();
>