[PATCH v2] hwmon: (acpi_power_meter) Ensure IPMI space handler is ready on Dell systems

From: Kai-Heng Feng
Date: Tue Dec 26 2023 - 23:04:26 EST


The following error can be observed at boot:
[ 3.717920] ACPI Error: No handler for Region [SYSI] (00000000ab9e62c5) [IPMI] (20230628/evregion-130)
[ 3.717928] ACPI Error: Region IPMI (ID=7) has no handler (20230628/exfldio-261)

[ 3.717936] No Local Variables are initialized for Method [_GHL]

[ 3.717938] No Arguments are initialized for method [_GHL]

[ 3.717940] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PMI0._GHL due to previous error (AE_NOT_EXIST) (20230628/psparse-529)
[ 3.717949] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PMI0._PMC due to previous error (AE_NOT_EXIST) (20230628/psparse-529)
[ 3.717957] ACPI: \_SB_.PMI0: _PMC evaluation failed: AE_NOT_EXIST

On Dell systems several methods of acpi_power_meter access variables in
IPMI region [0], so wait until IPMI space handler is installed by
acpi_ipmi and also wait until SMI is selected to make the space handler
fully functional.

[0] https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/redhat-enterprise-linux-v8.0/rhel8_rn_pub/advanced-configuration-and-power-interface-acpi-error-messages-displayed-in-dmesg?guid=guid-0d5ae482-1977-42cf-b417-3ed5c3f5ee62

Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Use completion instead of request_module().

drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c | 4 ++++
include/acpi/acpi_bus.h | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c
index 0555f68c2dfd..2ea8b7e6cebf 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
#define IPMI_TIMEOUT (5000)
#define ACPI_IPMI_MAX_MSG_LENGTH 64

+static struct completion smi_selected;
+
struct acpi_ipmi_device {
/* the device list attached to driver_data.ipmi_devices */
struct list_head head;
@@ -463,8 +465,10 @@ static void ipmi_register_bmc(int iface, struct device *dev)
if (temp->handle == handle)
goto err_lock;
}
- if (!driver_data.selected_smi)
+ if (!driver_data.selected_smi) {
driver_data.selected_smi = ipmi_device;
+ complete(&smi_selected);
+ }
list_add_tail(&ipmi_device->head, &driver_data.ipmi_devices);
mutex_unlock(&driver_data.ipmi_lock);

@@ -578,10 +582,17 @@ acpi_ipmi_space_handler(u32 function, acpi_physical_address address,
return status;
}

+void wait_for_acpi_ipmi(void)
+{
+ wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(&smi_selected, 2 * HZ);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wait_for_acpi_ipmi);
+
static int __init acpi_ipmi_init(void)
{
int result;
acpi_status status;
+ init_completion(&smi_selected);

if (acpi_disabled)
return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c b/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
index 703666b95bf4..acaf1ae68dc8 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
@@ -883,6 +883,10 @@ static int acpi_power_meter_add(struct acpi_device *device)
strcpy(acpi_device_class(device), ACPI_POWER_METER_CLASS);
device->driver_data = resource;

+ if (dmi_match(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc.") &&
+ acpi_dev_get_first_match_dev("IPI0001", NULL, -1))
+ wait_for_acpi_ipmi();
+
res = read_capabilities(resource);
if (res)
goto exit_free;
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index 1216d72c650f..ed59fb89721e 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ bool acpi_device_override_status(struct acpi_device *adev, unsigned long long *s
bool acpi_quirk_skip_acpi_ac_and_battery(void);
int acpi_install_cmos_rtc_space_handler(acpi_handle handle);
void acpi_remove_cmos_rtc_space_handler(acpi_handle handle);
+void wait_for_acpi_ipmi(void);
#else
static inline bool acpi_device_override_status(struct acpi_device *adev,
unsigned long long *status)
@@ -672,6 +673,9 @@ static inline int acpi_install_cmos_rtc_space_handler(acpi_handle handle)
static inline void acpi_remove_cmos_rtc_space_handler(acpi_handle handle)
{
}
+static inline void wait_for_acpi_ipmi(void)
+{
+}
#endif

#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_ANDROID_TABLETS)
--
2.34.1