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authorLv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>2014-05-31 08:15:02 +0800
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2014-06-01 00:20:52 +0200
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ACPI: Fix x86 regression related to early mapping size limitation
The following warning message is triggered: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at mm/early_ioremap.c:136 __early_ioremap+0x11f/0x1f2() Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 3.15.0-rc1-00017-g86dfc6f3-dirty #298 Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600CP/S2600CP, BIOS SE5C600.86B.99.99.x036.091920111209 09/19/2011 0000000000000009 ffffffff81b75c40 ffffffff817c627b 0000000000000000 ffffffff81b75c78 ffffffff81067b5d 000000000000007b 8000000000000563 00000000b96b20dc 0000000000000001 ffffffffff300e0c ffffffff81b75c88 Call Trace: [<ffffffff817c627b>] dump_stack+0x45/0x56 [<ffffffff81067b5d>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7d/0xa0 [<ffffffff81067c3a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [<ffffffff81d4b9d5>] __early_ioremap+0x11f/0x1f2 [<ffffffff81d4bc5b>] early_ioremap+0x13/0x15 [<ffffffff81d2b8f3>] __acpi_map_table+0x13/0x18 [<ffffffff817b8d1a>] acpi_os_map_memory+0x26/0x14e [<ffffffff813ff018>] acpi_tb_acquire_table+0x42/0x70 [<ffffffff813ff086>] acpi_tb_validate_table+0x27/0x37 [<ffffffff813ff0e5>] acpi_tb_verify_table+0x22/0xd8 [<ffffffff813ff6a8>] acpi_tb_install_non_fixed_table+0x60/0x1c9 [<ffffffff81d61024>] acpi_tb_parse_root_table+0x218/0x26a [<ffffffff81d1b120>] ? early_idt_handlers+0x120/0x120 [<ffffffff81d610cd>] acpi_initialize_tables+0x57/0x59 [<ffffffff81d5f25d>] acpi_table_init+0x1b/0x99 [<ffffffff81d2bca0>] acpi_boot_table_init+0x1e/0x85 [<ffffffff81d23043>] setup_arch+0x99d/0xcc6 [<ffffffff81d1b120>] ? early_idt_handlers+0x120/0x120 [<ffffffff81d1bbbe>] start_kernel+0x8b/0x415 [<ffffffff81d1b120>] ? early_idt_handlers+0x120/0x120 [<ffffffff81d1b5ee>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x2c [<ffffffff81d1b72e>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x13e/0x14d ---[ end trace 11ae599a1898f4e7 ]--- when installing the following table during early stage: ACPI: SSDT 0x00000000B9638018 07A0C4 (v02 INTEL S2600CP 00004000 INTL 20100331) The regression is caused by the size limitation of the x86 early IO mapping. The root cause is: 1. ACPICA doesn't split IO memory mapping and table mapping; 2. Linux x86 OSL implements acpi_os_map_memory() using a size limited fix-map mechanism during early boot stage, which is more suitable for only IO mappings. This patch fixes this issue by utilizing acpi_gbl_verify_table_checksum to disable the table mapping during early stage and enabling it again for the late stage. In this way, the normal code path is not affected. Then after the code related to the root cause is cleaned up, the early checksum verification can be easily re-enabled. A new boot parameter - acpi_force_table_verification is introduced for the platforms that require the checksum verification to stop loading bad tables. This fix also covers the checksum verification for the table overrides. Now large tables can also be overridden using the initrd override mechanism. Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com> Reported-and-tested-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
unusable. The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
if you need to capture more output.
+ acpi_force_table_verification [HW,ACPI]
+ Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
+ By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
+ size limitation.
+
acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
ACPI will balance active IRQs
default in APIC mode