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<entry>
<title>Revert "ACPICA: fix AML mutex re-entrancy"</title>
<updated>2007-05-10T03:01:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-10T03:01:59+00:00</published>
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This reverts commit c0d127b56937c3e72c2b1819161d2f6718eee877.

These changes to AML locking were made to allow
Notify handlers to be called on the stack
and not deadlock.  However, that scheme turns
out to be flawed and was reverted by the previous commit,
so this commit restores the locking to it previous design.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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This reverts commit c0d127b56937c3e72c2b1819161d2f6718eee877.

These changes to AML locking were made to allow
Notify handlers to be called on the stack
and not deadlock.  However, that scheme turns
out to be flawed and was reverted by the previous commit,
so this commit restores the locking to it previous design.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Revert "ACPICA: revert "acpi_serialize" changes"</title>
<updated>2007-05-10T02:56:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-10T02:56:38+00:00</published>
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This reverts commit a8f4af6dc6600980885c594f52eecd60edd62013.
Thus restoring ACPICA's new acpi_serialize code.

This commit by itself may cause a regression, but
it is reverted in this order so that subsequent
reverts reverts under this one can be made
without conflict.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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This reverts commit a8f4af6dc6600980885c594f52eecd60edd62013.
Thus restoring ACPICA's new acpi_serialize code.

This commit by itself may cause a regression, but
it is reverted in this order so that subsequent
reverts reverts under this one can be made
without conflict.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ACPICA: revert "acpi_serialize" changes</title>
<updated>2007-03-15T08:10:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-03-15T08:10:36+00:00</published>
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This reverts 977a6226feae3e2c10a4d8227625ff0f04b49239
and reverts 1ba753acb372c2955a4843302e92e49ce82e2fea
and updates acpi_ev_queue_notify_request()
to restore the previous implementation of the
"acpi_serialize" workaround.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8171

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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This reverts 977a6226feae3e2c10a4d8227625ff0f04b49239
and reverts 1ba753acb372c2955a4843302e92e49ce82e2fea
and updates acpi_ev_queue_notify_request()
to restore the previous implementation of the
"acpi_serialize" workaround.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8171

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ACPICA: fix AML mutex re-entrancy</title>
<updated>2007-02-15T21:13:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alexey Starikovskiy</name>
<email>alexey.y.starikovskiy@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-02-15T21:12:23+00:00</published>
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ACPI AML supports "serialized" methods which are protected
by an implicit mutex.  The mutex is re-entrant for that AML thread
to allow recursion.

However, Linux implements notify() by creating a new AML thread.
So for systems where notify() re-enters a serialized method,
deadlock results.

The fix is to use the Linux thread_id as the key to allowing
re-entrancy, not the AML thread pointer.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5534

Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy &lt;alexey.y.starikovskiy@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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ACPI AML supports "serialized" methods which are protected
by an implicit mutex.  The mutex is re-entrant for that AML thread
to allow recursion.

However, Linux implements notify() by creating a new AML thread.
So for systems where notify() re-enters a serialized method,
deadlock results.

The fix is to use the Linux thread_id as the key to allowing
re-entrancy, not the AML thread pointer.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5534

Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy &lt;alexey.y.starikovskiy@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ACPICA: Update copyright to 2007.</title>
<updated>2007-02-03T02:14:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Moore</name>
<email>robert.moore@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-02-02T16:48:24+00:00</published>
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Added 2007 copyright to all module headers and signons. This affects
virtually every file in the ACPICA core subsystem, iASL compiler,
and the utilities.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy &lt;alexey.y.starikovskiy@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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<pre>
Added 2007 copyright to all module headers and signons. This affects
virtually every file in the ACPICA core subsystem, iASL compiler,
and the utilities.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy &lt;alexey.y.starikovskiy@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ACPICA: Re-implement interpreters' "serialized mode"</title>
<updated>2007-02-03T02:14:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Moore</name>
<email>robert.moore@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-02-02T16:48:20+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=1ba753acb372c2955a4843302e92e49ce82e2fea'/>
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Enhanced the implementation of the interpreters'
serialized mode (boot with "acpi_serialize" to set
acpi_glb_all_methods_serialized flag.)
When this mode is specified, instead of creating a serialization
semaphore per control method, the interpreter lock is
simply no longer released before a blocking operation
during control method execution. This effectively makes
the AML Interpreter single-threaded. The overhead of a
semaphore per-method is eliminated.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy &lt;alexey.y.starikovskiy@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Enhanced the implementation of the interpreters'
serialized mode (boot with "acpi_serialize" to set
acpi_glb_all_methods_serialized flag.)
When this mode is specified, instead of creating a serialization
semaphore per control method, the interpreter lock is
simply no longer released before a blocking operation
during control method execution. This effectively makes
the AML Interpreter single-threaded. The overhead of a
semaphore per-method is eliminated.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy &lt;alexey.y.starikovskiy@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ACPICA: Delete recursive feature of ACPI Global Lock</title>
<updated>2007-02-03T02:14:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Moore</name>
<email>robert.moore@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-02-02T16:48:18+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=c81da66608d65dab04730582dfdfcdcab779e2fe'/>
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Completed a new design and implementation for
the ACPI Global Lock support. On the OS side, the global
lock is now treated as a standard AML mutex. Previously,
multiple OS threads could acquire the global lock
simultaneously, but this could cause the BIOS to be starved
by the lock in cases such as the Embedded Controller driver,
where there is a tight coupling between the OS and the BIOS.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy &lt;alexey.y.starikovskiy@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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<pre>
Completed a new design and implementation for
the ACPI Global Lock support. On the OS side, the global
lock is now treated as a standard AML mutex. Previously,
multiple OS threads could acquire the global lock
simultaneously, but this could cause the BIOS to be starved
by the lock in cases such as the Embedded Controller driver,
where there is a tight coupling between the OS and the BIOS.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy &lt;alexey.y.starikovskiy@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ACPI: ACPICA 20060707</title>
<updated>2006-07-09T19:15:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Moore</name>
<email>robert.moore@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-07-08T00:44:38+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=f6dd9221dddb3550e60d32aee688588ec208312c'/>
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Added the ACPI_PACKED_POINTERS_NOT_SUPPORTED macro to
support C compilers that do not allow the initialization
of address pointers within packed structures - even though
the hardware itself may support misaligned transfers. Some
of the debug data structures are packed by default to
minimize size.

Added an error message for the case where
acpi_os_get_thread_id() returns zero. A non-zero value is
required by the core ACPICA code to ensure the proper
operation of AML mutexes and recursive control methods.

The DSDT is now the only ACPI table that determines whether
the AML interpreter is in 32-bit or 64-bit mode. Not really
a functional change, but the hooks for per-table 32/64
switching have been removed from the code. A clarification
to the ACPI specification is forthcoming in ACPI 3.0B.

Fixed a possible leak of an Owner ID in the error
path of tbinstal.c acpi_tb_init_table_descriptor() and
migrated all table OwnerID deletion to a single place in
acpi_tb_uninstall_table() to correct possible leaks when using
the acpi_tb_delete_tables_by_type() interface (with assistance
from Lance Ortiz.)

Fixed a problem with Serialized control methods where the
semaphore associated with the method could be over-signaled
after multiple method invocations.

Fixed two issues with the locking of the internal
namespace data structure. Both the Unload() operator and
acpi_unload_table() interface now lock the namespace during
the namespace deletion associated with the table unload
(with assistance from Linn Crosetto.)

Fixed problem reports (Valery Podrezov) integrated: -
Eliminate unnecessary memory allocation for CreateXxxxField
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5426

Fixed problem reports (Fiodor Suietov) integrated: -
Incomplete cleanup branches in AcpiTbGetTableRsdt (BZ 369)
- On Address Space handler deletion, needless deactivation
call (BZ 374) - AcpiRemoveAddressSpaceHandler: validate
Device handle parameter (BZ 375) - Possible memory leak,
Notify sub-objects of Processor, Power, ThermalZone (BZ
376) - AcpiRemoveAddressSpaceHandler: validate Handler
parameter (BZ 378) - Minimum Length of RSDT should be
validated (BZ 379) - AcpiRemoveNotifyHandler: return
AE_NOT_EXIST if Processor Obj has no Handler (BZ (380)
- AcpiUnloadTable: return AE_NOT_EXIST if no table of
specified type loaded (BZ 381)

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Added the ACPI_PACKED_POINTERS_NOT_SUPPORTED macro to
support C compilers that do not allow the initialization
of address pointers within packed structures - even though
the hardware itself may support misaligned transfers. Some
of the debug data structures are packed by default to
minimize size.

Added an error message for the case where
acpi_os_get_thread_id() returns zero. A non-zero value is
required by the core ACPICA code to ensure the proper
operation of AML mutexes and recursive control methods.

The DSDT is now the only ACPI table that determines whether
the AML interpreter is in 32-bit or 64-bit mode. Not really
a functional change, but the hooks for per-table 32/64
switching have been removed from the code. A clarification
to the ACPI specification is forthcoming in ACPI 3.0B.

Fixed a possible leak of an Owner ID in the error
path of tbinstal.c acpi_tb_init_table_descriptor() and
migrated all table OwnerID deletion to a single place in
acpi_tb_uninstall_table() to correct possible leaks when using
the acpi_tb_delete_tables_by_type() interface (with assistance
from Lance Ortiz.)

Fixed a problem with Serialized control methods where the
semaphore associated with the method could be over-signaled
after multiple method invocations.

Fixed two issues with the locking of the internal
namespace data structure. Both the Unload() operator and
acpi_unload_table() interface now lock the namespace during
the namespace deletion associated with the table unload
(with assistance from Linn Crosetto.)

Fixed problem reports (Valery Podrezov) integrated: -
Eliminate unnecessary memory allocation for CreateXxxxField
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5426

Fixed problem reports (Fiodor Suietov) integrated: -
Incomplete cleanup branches in AcpiTbGetTableRsdt (BZ 369)
- On Address Space handler deletion, needless deactivation
call (BZ 374) - AcpiRemoveAddressSpaceHandler: validate
Device handle parameter (BZ 375) - Possible memory leak,
Notify sub-objects of Processor, Power, ThermalZone (BZ
376) - AcpiRemoveAddressSpaceHandler: validate Handler
parameter (BZ 378) - Minimum Length of RSDT should be
validated (BZ 379) - AcpiRemoveNotifyHandler: return
AE_NOT_EXIST if Processor Obj has no Handler (BZ (380)
- AcpiUnloadTable: return AE_NOT_EXIST if no table of
specified type loaded (BZ 381)

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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<entry>
<title>ACPI: ACPICA 20060623</title>
<updated>2006-06-28T07:11:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Moore</name>
<email>robert.moore@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-06-23T21:04:00+00:00</published>
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Implemented a new acpi_spinlock type for the OSL lock
interfaces.  This allows the type to be customized to
the host OS for improved efficiency (since a spinlock is
usually a very small object.)

Implemented support for "ignored" bits in the ACPI
registers.  According to the ACPI specification, these
bits should be preserved when writing the registers via
a read/modify/write cycle. There are 3 bits preserved
in this manner: PM1_CONTROL[0] (SCI_EN), PM1_CONTROL[9],
and PM1_STATUS[11].
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3691

Implemented the initial deployment of new OSL mutex
interfaces.  Since some host operating systems have
separate mutex and semaphore objects, this feature was
requested. The base code now uses mutexes (and the new
mutex interfaces) wherever a binary semaphore was used
previously. However, for the current release, the mutex
interfaces are defined as macros to map them to the
existing semaphore interfaces.

Fixed several problems with the support for the control
method SyncLevel parameter. The SyncLevel now works
according to the ACPI specification and in concert with the
Mutex SyncLevel parameter, since the current SyncLevel is
a property of the executing thread. Mutual exclusion for
control methods is now implemented with a mutex instead
of a semaphore.

Fixed three instances of the use of the C shift operator
in the bitfield support code (exfldio.c) to avoid the use
of a shift value larger than the target data width. The
behavior of C compilers is undefined in this case and can
cause unpredictable results, and therefore the case must
be detected and avoided.  (Fiodor Suietov)

Added an info message whenever an SSDT or OEM table
is loaded dynamically via the Load() or LoadTable()
ASL operators. This should improve debugging capability
since it will show exactly what tables have been loaded
(beyond the tables present in the RSDT/XSDT.)

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Implemented a new acpi_spinlock type for the OSL lock
interfaces.  This allows the type to be customized to
the host OS for improved efficiency (since a spinlock is
usually a very small object.)

Implemented support for "ignored" bits in the ACPI
registers.  According to the ACPI specification, these
bits should be preserved when writing the registers via
a read/modify/write cycle. There are 3 bits preserved
in this manner: PM1_CONTROL[0] (SCI_EN), PM1_CONTROL[9],
and PM1_STATUS[11].
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3691

Implemented the initial deployment of new OSL mutex
interfaces.  Since some host operating systems have
separate mutex and semaphore objects, this feature was
requested. The base code now uses mutexes (and the new
mutex interfaces) wherever a binary semaphore was used
previously. However, for the current release, the mutex
interfaces are defined as macros to map them to the
existing semaphore interfaces.

Fixed several problems with the support for the control
method SyncLevel parameter. The SyncLevel now works
according to the ACPI specification and in concert with the
Mutex SyncLevel parameter, since the current SyncLevel is
a property of the executing thread. Mutual exclusion for
control methods is now implemented with a mutex instead
of a semaphore.

Fixed three instances of the use of the C shift operator
in the bitfield support code (exfldio.c) to avoid the use
of a shift value larger than the target data width. The
behavior of C compilers is undefined in this case and can
cause unpredictable results, and therefore the case must
be detected and avoided.  (Fiodor Suietov)

Added an info message whenever an SSDT or OEM table
is loaded dynamically via the Load() or LoadTable()
ASL operators. This should improve debugging capability
since it will show exactly what tables have been loaded
(beyond the tables present in the RSDT/XSDT.)

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>[ACPI] ACPICA 20060113</title>
<updated>2006-01-20T07:23:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Moore</name>
<email>robert.moore@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-01-13T21:22:00+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=4a90c7e86202f46fa9af011bdbcdf36e355d1721'/>
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<content type='text'>
Added 2006 copyright.

At SuSE's suggestion, enabled all error messages
without enabling function tracing, ie with CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=n

Replaced all instances of the ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT macro invoked at
the ACPI_DB_ERROR and ACPI_DB_WARN debug levels with
the ACPI_REPORT_ERROR and ACPI_REPORT_WARNING macros,
respectively. This preserves all error and warning messages
in the non-debug version of the ACPICA code (this has been
referred to as the "debug lite" option.) Over 200 cases
were converted to create a total of over 380 error/warning
messages across the ACPICA code. This increases the code
and data size of the default non-debug version by about 13K.
Added ACPI_NO_ERROR_MESSAGES flag to enable deleting all messages.
The size of the debug version remains about the same.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</content>
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Added 2006 copyright.

At SuSE's suggestion, enabled all error messages
without enabling function tracing, ie with CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=n

Replaced all instances of the ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT macro invoked at
the ACPI_DB_ERROR and ACPI_DB_WARN debug levels with
the ACPI_REPORT_ERROR and ACPI_REPORT_WARNING macros,
respectively. This preserves all error and warning messages
in the non-debug version of the ACPICA code (this has been
referred to as the "debug lite" option.) Over 200 cases
were converted to create a total of over 380 error/warning
messages across the ACPICA code. This increases the code
and data size of the default non-debug version by about 13K.
Added ACPI_NO_ERROR_MESSAGES flag to enable deleting all messages.
The size of the debug version remains about the same.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
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