Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] ACPI: video: Handle fetching EDID that is longer than 256 bytes

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 11:11 PM Mario Limonciello
<mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The ACPI specification allows for an EDID to be up to 512 bytes but
> the _DDC EDID fetching code will only try up to 256 bytes.
>
> Modify the code to instead start at 512 bytes and work it's way
> down instead.
>
> As _DDC is now called up to 4 times on a machine debugging messages
> are noisier than necessary.  Decrease from info to debug.
>
> Link: https://uefi.org/htmlspecs/ACPI_Spec_6_4_html/Apx_B_Video_Extensions/output-device-specific-methods.html#ddc-return-the-edid-for-this-device
> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

or I can apply it if that's preferred.

Thanks!

> ---
> v1->v2:
>  * Use for loop for acpi_video_get_edid()
>  * Use one of Rafael's suggestions for acpi_video_device_EDID()
>  * Decrease message level too
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c | 25 +++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
> index 4afdda9db019..3bfd013e09d2 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
> @@ -625,12 +625,9 @@ acpi_video_device_EDID(struct acpi_video_device *device,
>
>         if (!device)
>                 return -ENODEV;
> -       if (length == 128)
> -               arg0.integer.value = 1;
> -       else if (length == 256)
> -               arg0.integer.value = 2;
> -       else
> +       if (!length || (length % 128))
>                 return -EINVAL;
> +       arg0.integer.value = length / 128;
>
>         status = acpi_evaluate_object(device->dev->handle, "_DDC", &args, &buffer);
>         if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> @@ -641,7 +638,8 @@ acpi_video_device_EDID(struct acpi_video_device *device,
>         if (obj && obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER)
>                 *edid = obj;
>         else {
> -               acpi_handle_info(device->dev->handle, "Invalid _DDC data\n");
> +               acpi_handle_debug(device->dev->handle,
> +                                "Invalid _DDC data for length %ld\n", length);
>                 status = -EFAULT;
>                 kfree(obj);
>         }
> @@ -1447,7 +1445,6 @@ int acpi_video_get_edid(struct acpi_device *device, int type, int device_id,
>
>         for (i = 0; i < video->attached_count; i++) {
>                 video_device = video->attached_array[i].bind_info;
> -               length = 256;
>
>                 if (!video_device)
>                         continue;
> @@ -1478,18 +1475,14 @@ int acpi_video_get_edid(struct acpi_device *device, int type, int device_id,
>                         continue;
>                 }
>
> -               status = acpi_video_device_EDID(video_device, &buffer, length);
> -
> -               if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) || !buffer ||
> -                   buffer->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER) {
> -                       length = 128;
> +               for (length = 512; length > 0; length -= 128) {
>                         status = acpi_video_device_EDID(video_device, &buffer,
>                                                         length);
> -                       if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) || !buffer ||
> -                           buffer->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER) {
> -                               continue;
> -                       }
> +                       if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status))
> +                               break;
>                 }
> +               if (!length)
> +                       continue;
>
>                 *edid = buffer->buffer.pointer;
>                 return length;
> --
> 2.34.1
>