[PATCH v2] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: disable ACPI fan access for T495* and E560

From: Seyediman Seyedarab
Date: Sun Mar 23 2025 - 21:29:12 EST


From: Eduard Christian Dumitrescu <eduard.c.dumitrescu@xxxxxxxxx>

The bug was introduced in commit 57d0557dfa49 ("platform/x86:
thinkpad_acpi: Add Thinkpad Edge E531 fan support") which adds a new
fan control method via the FANG and FANW ACPI methods.

T945, T495s, and E560 laptops have the FANG+FANW ACPI methods (therefore
fang_handle and fanw_handle are not NULL) but they do not actually work,
which results in the dreaded "No such device or address" error. Fan access
and control is restored after forcing the legacy non-ACPI fan control
method by setting both fang_handle and fanw_handle to NULL.

The DSDT table code for the FANG+FANW methods doesn't seem to do anything
special regarding the fan being secondary.

This patch adds a quirk for T495, T495s, and E560 to make them avoid the
FANG/FANW methods.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 57d0557dfa49 ("platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Add Thinkpad Edge E531 fan support")
Reported-by: Vlastimil Holer <vlastimil.holer@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219643
Tested-by: crok <crok.bic@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Alireza Elikahi <scr0lll0ck1s4b0v3h0m3k3y@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Eduard Christian Dumitrescu <eduard.c.dumitrescu@xxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Seyediman Seyedarab <ImanDevel@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Seyediman Seyedarab <ImanDevel@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Added the From: tag for the original author
- Replaced the Co-authored-by tag with Co-developed-by
- Cc'd stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Removed the extra space inside the comment
- Dropped nullification of sfan/gfan_handle, as it's unrelated to
the current fix

Kindest Regards,
Seyediman

drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
index d8df1405edfa..27fd67a2f2d1 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -8793,6 +8793,7 @@ static const struct attribute_group fan_driver_attr_group = {
#define TPACPI_FAN_NS 0x0010 /* For EC with non-Standard register addresses */
#define TPACPI_FAN_DECRPM 0x0020 /* For ECFW's with RPM in register as decimal */
#define TPACPI_FAN_TPR 0x0040 /* Fan speed is in Ticks Per Revolution */
+#define TPACPI_FAN_NOACPI 0x0080 /* Don't use ACPI methods even if detected */

static const struct tpacpi_quirk fan_quirk_table[] __initconst = {
TPACPI_QEC_IBM('1', 'Y', TPACPI_FAN_Q1),
@@ -8823,6 +8824,9 @@ static const struct tpacpi_quirk fan_quirk_table[] __initconst = {
TPACPI_Q_LNV3('N', '1', 'O', TPACPI_FAN_NOFAN), /* X1 Tablet (2nd gen) */
TPACPI_Q_LNV3('R', '0', 'Q', TPACPI_FAN_DECRPM),/* L480 */
TPACPI_Q_LNV('8', 'F', TPACPI_FAN_TPR), /* ThinkPad x120e */
+ TPACPI_Q_LNV3('R', '0', '0', TPACPI_FAN_NOACPI),/* E560 */
+ TPACPI_Q_LNV3('R', '1', '2', TPACPI_FAN_NOACPI),/* T495 */
+ TPACPI_Q_LNV3('R', '1', '3', TPACPI_FAN_NOACPI),/* T495s */
};

static int __init fan_init(struct ibm_init_struct *iibm)
@@ -8874,6 +8878,13 @@ static int __init fan_init(struct ibm_init_struct *iibm)
tp_features.fan_ctrl_status_undef = 1;
}

+ if (quirks & TPACPI_FAN_NOACPI) {
+ /* E560, T495, T495s */
+ pr_info("Ignoring buggy ACPI fan access method\n");
+ fang_handle = NULL;
+ fanw_handle = NULL;
+ }
+
if (gfan_handle) {
/* 570, 600e/x, 770e, 770x */
fan_status_access_mode = TPACPI_FAN_RD_ACPI_GFAN;
--
2.48.1