Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] ACPI: processor: idle: Mark the state as invalid if its entry method is illegal

From: lihuisong (C)
Date: Tue Nov 04 2025 - 04:31:06 EST



在 2025/11/4 1:49, Rafael J. Wysocki 写道:
On Mon, Nov 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM Huisong Li <lihuisong@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
According to ACPI spec, entry method in LPI sub-package must be buffer
or integer. And the entry method is very key in cpuidle. So mark the state
as invalid.

Fixes: a36a7fecfe60 ("ACPI / processor_idle: Add support for Low Power Idle(LPI) states")
Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index 341825e8ac63..9f1040eac051 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -956,6 +956,9 @@ static int acpi_processor_evaluate_lpi(acpi_handle handle,
lpi_state->entry_method = ACPI_CSTATE_INTEGER;
lpi_state->address = obj->integer.value;
} else {
+ pr_debug("Entry method of state-%d is illegal, disable it.\n",
+ state_idx);
+ lpi_state->flags = 0;
Why does lpi_state->flags need to be cleared, isn't it 0 already?
Good point.
Do we need to add debug log?

continue;
}

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