[PATCH RFC] ACPI: processor: idle: Do not propagate acpi_processor_ffh_lpi_probe() -ENODEV
Breno Leitao
leitao at debian.org
Tue Apr 14 05:05:07 PDT 2026
On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 07:31:29PM +0800, lihuisong (C) wrote:
>
> On 4/14/2026 6:21 PM, Breno Leitao wrote:
> > Hello Huisong,
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 05:43:51PM +0800, lihuisong (C) wrote:
> > > But it is a real issue. Thanks for your report.
> > > I think the best way to fix your issue is that remove this verification in
> > > psci_acpi_cpu_init_idle().
> > > Because it is legal for platform to report one LPI state.
> > > This function just needs to verify the LPI states which are FFH.
> > Thank you for the prompt feedback.
> >
> > Would this approach work?
> >
> > commit 6c9d52840a4f778cc989838ba76ee51416e85de3
> > Author: Breno Leitao <leitao at debian.org>
> > Date: Tue Apr 14 03:16:08 2026 -0700
> >
> > ACPI: processor: idle: Allow platforms with only one LPI state
> > psci_acpi_cpu_init_idle() rejects platforms where power.count - 1 <= 0
> > by returning -ENODEV. However, having a single LPI state (WFI) is a
> > valid configuration. The function's purpose is to verify FFH idle states,
> > and when count is zero, there are simply no FFH states to validate —
> > this is not an error.
> > On NVIDIA Grace (aarch64) systems with PSCIv1.1, power.count is 1 for
> > all 72 CPUs, so the probe fails with -ENODEV. After commit cac173bea57d
> > ("ACPI: processor: idle: Rework the handling of
> > acpi_processor_ffh_lpi_probe()"), this failure propagates up and prevents
> > cpuidle registration entirely.
> > Change the check from (count <= 0) to (count < 0) so that platforms
> > with only WFI are accepted. The for loop naturally handles count == 0
> > by not iterating.
> > Fixes: cac173bea57d ("ACPI: processor: idle: Rework the handling of acpi_processor_ffh_lpi_probe()")
> > Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao at debian.org>
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/arm64/cpuidle.c b/drivers/acpi/arm64/cpuidle.c
> > index 801f9c4501425..7791b751042ce 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/arm64/cpuidle.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/arm64/cpuidle.c
> > @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static int psci_acpi_cpu_init_idle(unsigned int cpu)
> > return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > count = pr->power.count - 1;
> > - if (count <= 0)
> > + if (count < 0)
> > return -ENODEV;
> > for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
>
> This count already verified in acpi_processor_get_lpi_info.
>
> I suggest modifing it as below:
>
> -->
>
> git diff
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/arm64/cpuidle.c b/drivers/acpi/arm64/cpuidle.c
> index 801f9c450142..c68a5db8ebba 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/arm64/cpuidle.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/arm64/cpuidle.c
> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
>
> static int psci_acpi_cpu_init_idle(unsigned int cpu)
> {
> - int i, count;
> + int i;
> struct acpi_lpi_state *lpi;
> struct acpi_processor *pr = per_cpu(processors, cpu);
>
> @@ -30,14 +30,10 @@ static int psci_acpi_cpu_init_idle(unsigned int cpu)
> if (!psci_ops.cpu_suspend)
> return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>
> - count = pr->power.count - 1;
> - if (count <= 0)
> - return -ENODEV;
> -
> - for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
> + for (i = 1; i < pr->power.count; i++) {
> u32 state;
>
> - lpi = &pr->power.lpi_states[i + 1];
> + lpi = &pr->power.lpi_states[i];
> /*
> * Only bits[31:0] represent a PSCI power_state while
> * bits[63:32] must be 0x0 as per ARM ACPI FFH Specification
Ack, I will respin.
Thanks for your help,
--breno
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