Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] ACPICA: Fix PCC OperationRegion command offsets

"Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-acpi,dev.linux.lists.acpica-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <CAJZ5v0gMU1NjMKgEUMW6cmU7uquPyES2TejZVQqkwDH5C6FWvw@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM Sudeep Holla <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 05, 2026 at 06:46:15PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 3:16 PM Sudeep Holla <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > ACPI 6.3, section 5.5.2.4.7.3, states that the PCC Operation
> > > Region is associated with the region of shared memory that follows the
> > > PCC signature.
> > >
> > > The generic and extended PCC shared memory layouts include the 4-byte
> > > signature at offset 0, so their raw shared memory COMMAND fields are at
> > > offsets 4 and 12 respectively. Since AML field offsets for the PCC
> > > OperationRegion are relative to the region after that signature, ACPICA
> > > must look for those COMMAND fields at OperationRegion offsets 0 and 8.
> > >
> > > Adjust the generic and master subspace command checks to use those
> > > OperationRegion-relative offsets. Otherwise writes to the COMMAND field
> > > can fail to invoke the PCC address space handler at the offset described
> > > by the PCC OperationRegion definition.
> > >
> > > Fixes: aa6ec56b574d ("ACPICA: ACPI 6.3: add PCC operation region support for AML interpreter")
> > > Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/acpi/acpica/exfield.c | 11 ++++++-----
> > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exfield.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exfield.c
> > > index 9a55524ed8f4..a7fac63938b3 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exfield.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exfield.c
> > > @@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ static const u8 acpi_protocol_lengths[] = {
> > >
> > >  /*
> > >   * The following macros determine a given offset is a COMD field.
> > > - * According to the specification, generic subspaces (types 0-2) contains a
> > > - * 2-byte COMD field at offset 4 and master subspaces (type 3) contains a 4-byte
> > > - * COMD field starting at offset 12.
> > > + * According to the specification, the PCC OperationRegion begins after
> > > + * the PCC signature. The raw shared memory COMD offsets of 4 for generic
> > > + * subspaces (types 0-2) and 12 for master subspaces (type 3) therefore
> > > + * appear at OperationRegion offsets 0 and 8.
> > >   */
> > > -#define GENERIC_SUBSPACE_COMMAND(a)     (4 == a || a == 5)
> > > -#define MASTER_SUBSPACE_COMMAND(a)      (12 <= a && a <= 15)
> > > +#define GENERIC_SUBSPACE_COMMAND(a)     ((a) < 2)
> > > +#define MASTER_SUBSPACE_COMMAND(a)      (((a) - 8) < 4)
> > >
> > >  /*******************************************************************************
> > >   *
> > > --
> >
> > Can you please see the corresponding upstream ACPICA pull request?
> > There are concerns regarding it.
> >
>
> Sorry for the delay in response, currently I am on vacation and don't
> have all the setup to validate anything. I will follow up once I am back.
> It is OK to miss v7.3

OK, I'll wait then, thanks!
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