[PATCH v3 2/2] ACPI: AGDI: Add driver for Arm Generic Diagnostic Dump and Reset device

[Ilkka Koskinen]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2022, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 06:17:13PM -0800, Ilkka Koskinen wrote:
>>
>> Hi Lorenzo,
>>
>> On Wed, 5 Jan 2022, Ilkka Koskinen wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Lorenzo,
>>>
>>> On Wed, 5 Jan 2022, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
>>>> [+James, for SDEI bits]
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 07:37:25PM -0800, Ilkka Koskinen wrote:
>>>>> ACPI for Arm Components 1.1 Platform Design Document v1.1 [0] specifices
>>>>> Arm Generic Diagnostic Device Interface (AGDI). It allows an admin to
>>>>> issue diagnostic dump and reset via an SDEI event or an interrupt.
>>>>> This patch implements SDEI path.
>>>>>
>>>>> [0] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0093/latest/
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Ilkka Koskinen <ilkka at os.amperecomputing.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  drivers/acpi/arm64/Kconfig  |   8 +++
>>>>>  drivers/acpi/arm64/Makefile |   1 +
>>>>>  drivers/acpi/arm64/agdi.c   | 125 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>  3 files changed, 134 insertions(+)
>>>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/acpi/arm64/agdi.c
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/arm64/agdi.c b/drivers/acpi/arm64/agdi.c
>>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>>> index 000000000000..6525ccbae5c1
>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/acpi/arm64/agdi.c
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> +static int __init agdi_init(void)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +	int ret;
>>>>> +	acpi_status status;
>>>>> +	struct acpi_table_agdi *agdi_table;
>>>>> +	struct agdi_data pdata;
>>>>> +	struct platform_device *pdev;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	if (acpi_disabled)
>>>>> +		return 0;
>>>>
>>>> Why don't we call agdi_init() from acpi_init() as we do for IORT/VIOT ?
>>>>
>>>> I don't think it is necessary to add a device_initcall(), with related
>>>> ordering dependencies.
>>>
>>> That's a good point. I change it.
>>
>> Actually, I looked at this more carefully. acpi_init() is called in
>> subsys_initcall() while sdei_init() is called in subsys_initcall_sync().
>> That is, if I call this function in acpi_init(), SDEI driver won't be ready
>> and this driver fails to register the event.
>
> Maybe this will help:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20220120050522.23689-1-xueshuai@linux.alibaba.com/

Yep, that should work. I'll wait for his patch to get approved and make 
the needed changes to mine before submitting the v5.

Cheers, Ilkka