RE: [PATCH rtw-next v2] wifi: rtw89: acpi: check for _DSM function support before evaluating it

From: Ping-Ke Shih

Date: Tue Nov 03 2026 - 19:48:06 EST


Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When the WiFi device has no ACPI companion, or the firmware does not
> implement a given rtw89 _DSM function, rtw89_acpi_evaluate_dsm() calls
> acpi_evaluate_dsm() anyway. ACPI core then warns on every probe:
>
> ACPI: \: failed to evaluate _DSM e8c3a8d2-694b-004f-82bd-fe8607803aa7 rev:0 func:10 (0x1001)
> ACPI: \: failed to evaluate _DSM e8c3a8d2-694b-004f-82bd-fe8607803aa7 rev:0 func:6 (0x1001)
>
> Here the handle is NULL, and acpi_evaluate_object() returns
> AE_BAD_PARAMETER. All callers already treat failure as "no policy
> provided by the platform", so this is only noise.
>
> Bail out early when there is no ACPI handle, as acpi_check_dsm() would
> otherwise hit the same warning while querying function 0. Then use
> acpi_check_dsm() so that functions the firmware does not advertise fail
> quietly at debug level, as rtw89_acpi_evaluate_method() already does.

Adding this check is fine to me. But my question in v1 is that
acpi_check_dsm() checks func 0 to determine if BIT(func) is existing.
Is it possible func 0 not existing, but BIT(func) existing?

>
> Seen on an RTL8852BE in a desktop PCIe slot.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: check handle separately. Remove Fixes.
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/acpi.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/acpi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/acpi.c
> index ebb6cf555747..3396d42594b3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/acpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/acpi.c
> @@ -372,11 +372,22 @@ int rtw89_acpi_evaluate_dsm(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev,
> enum rtw89_acpi_dsm_func func,
> struct rtw89_acpi_dsm_result *res)
> {
> + acpi_handle handle = ACPI_HANDLE(rtwdev->dev);
> union acpi_object *obj;
> int ret;
>
> - obj = acpi_evaluate_dsm(ACPI_HANDLE(rtwdev->dev), &rtw89_guid,
> - 0, func, NULL);
> + if (!handle) {
> + rtw89_debug(rtwdev, RTW89_DBG_ACPI, "acpi dsm no handle\n");
> + return -ENODEV;
> + }
> +
> + if (!acpi_check_dsm(handle, &rtw89_guid, 0, BIT(func))) {
> + rtw89_debug(rtwdev, RTW89_DBG_ACPI,
> + "acpi dsm func %d not supported\n", func);
> + return -ENOENT;
> + }
> +
> + obj = acpi_evaluate_dsm(handle, &rtw89_guid, 0, func, NULL);
> if (!obj) {
> rtw89_debug(rtwdev, RTW89_DBG_ACPI,
> "acpi dsm fail to evaluate func: %d\n", func);
> --
> 2.56.0