[PATCH RESEND v2] x86: warn on native_io_delay() before DMI scan

From: Mateusz Jończyk
Date: Sun Oct 17 2021 - 15:26:30 EST


Writing to IO port 0x80 in native_io_delay() causes system lockups on
some laptops. This is handled by io_delay_init(), which scans DMI info
and changes io_delay_type on these laptops.

Therefore, calling native_io_delay() / outb_p() / inb_p() / etc. before
io_delay_init() may cause problems there and may constitute a kernel
bug. Warn if this happens.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk@xxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
---

v2: make io_delay_dmi_scanned static

arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c b/arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c
index fdb6506ceaaa..d6deca551a5c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
#endif

int io_delay_type __read_mostly = DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE;
+static int io_delay_dmi_scanned __read_mostly;

static int __initdata io_delay_override;

@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ static int __initdata io_delay_override;
*/
void native_io_delay(void)
{
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!io_delay_dmi_scanned);
+
switch (io_delay_type) {
default:
case IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80:
@@ -123,6 +126,8 @@ void __init io_delay_init(void)
{
if (!io_delay_override)
dmi_check_system(io_delay_0xed_port_dmi_table);
+
+ io_delay_dmi_scanned = 1;
}

static int __init io_delay_param(char *s)
--
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