Re: [PATCH 2/3] ACPI: battery: Evaluate battery methods exclusively

From: Hans de Goede

Date: Wed Oct 14 2026 - 10:49:20 EST


Hi,

On 14-Oct-26 15:30, Ali Ahmet Memiş wrote:
> On ThinkPad P1 Gen2 and P53, INT3403 _TMP switches the EC page selector
> without taking the AML mutex the battery methods use, so _BIX and _BST
> running at the same time can read the wrong page. Since commit d33e89d12295
> ("thermal: core: Suspend thermal zones later and resume them earlier")
> this happens on most resumes.
>
> Evaluate the battery methods with acpi_evaluate_object_exclusive().
>
> Fixes: d33e89d12295 ("thermal: core: Suspend thermal zones later and resume them earlier")
> Reported-by: Charis Stratakis <c.stratakis@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/37N_jFulf7n-Z55NfKfE71C_wVPxYvZ0xD_iRUg2fXu7TypDiF5PStQ6siSfVBih6fThg5WoPes8U5ZQpfVm_teMFcUGXFxz2DdMbfSWuws=@proton.me/
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Ali Ahmet Memiş <aliamemis@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, patch looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,

Hans


> ---
> drivers/acpi/battery.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/battery.c b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> index 670853ec3a4d..61de3f5be51f 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> @@ -583,9 +583,9 @@ static int acpi_battery_get_info(struct acpi_battery *battery)
> struct acpi_buffer buffer = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
> acpi_status status = AE_ERROR;
>
> - status = acpi_evaluate_object(battery->device->handle,
> - use_bix ? "_BIX":"_BIF",
> - NULL, &buffer);
> + status = acpi_evaluate_object_exclusive(battery->device->handle,
> + use_bix ? "_BIX":"_BIF",
> + NULL, &buffer);
>
> if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
> acpi_handle_info(battery->device->handle,
> @@ -624,8 +624,8 @@ static int acpi_battery_get_state(struct acpi_battery *battery)
> msecs_to_jiffies(cache_time)))
> return 0;
>
> - status = acpi_evaluate_object(battery->device->handle, "_BST",
> - NULL, &buffer);
> + status = acpi_evaluate_object_exclusive(battery->device->handle, "_BST",
> + NULL, &buffer);
> if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
> acpi_handle_info(battery->device->handle,
> "_BST evaluation failed: %s",
> @@ -667,6 +667,8 @@ static int acpi_battery_get_state(struct acpi_battery *battery)
>
> static int acpi_battery_set_alarm(struct acpi_battery *battery)
> {
> + union acpi_object arg = { .type = ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER };
> + struct acpi_object_list args = { .count = 1, .pointer = &arg };
> acpi_status status = 0;
>
> lockdep_assert_held(&battery->property_lock);
> @@ -675,8 +677,9 @@ static int acpi_battery_set_alarm(struct acpi_battery *battery)
> !test_bit(ACPI_BATTERY_ALARM_PRESENT, &battery->flags))
> return -ENODEV;
>
> - status = acpi_execute_simple_method(battery->device->handle, "_BTP",
> - battery->alarm);
> + arg.integer.value = battery->alarm;
> + status = acpi_evaluate_object_exclusive(battery->device->handle, "_BTP",
> + &args, NULL);
> if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> return -ENODEV;
>