RE: [PATCH] acpi/nfit: Require opt-in for read-only label configurations

2019-02-03 Thread Dexuan Cui
> From: Dan Williams 
> Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2019 11:29 AM
> ...
> Recent fixes to command handling enabled Linux to read label
> configurations that it could not before. Unfortunately that means that
> configurations that were operating in label-less mode will be broken as
> the kernel ignores the existing namespace configuration and tries to
> honor the new found labels.
> 
> Fortunately this seems limited to a case where Linux can quirk the
> behavior and maintain the existing label-less semantics by default.
> When the platform does not emit an _LSW method, disable all label access
> methods. Provide a 'force_labels' module parameter to allow read-only
> label operation.
> 
> Fixes: 11189c1089da ("acpi/nfit: Fix command-supported detection")
> Reported-by: Dexuan Cui 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams 

Hi Dan,
Thanks for the patch and all the detailed explanation! With this patch,
the "fsdax" namespace can be properly detected now!

Thanks,
-- Dexuan


[PATCH] acpi/nfit: Require opt-in for read-only label configurations

2019-02-03 Thread Dan Williams
Recent fixes to command handling enabled Linux to read label
configurations that it could not before. Unfortunately that means that
configurations that were operating in label-less mode will be broken as
the kernel ignores the existing namespace configuration and tries to
honor the new found labels.

Fortunately this seems limited to a case where Linux can quirk the
behavior and maintain the existing label-less semantics by default.
When the platform does not emit an _LSW method, disable all label access
methods. Provide a 'force_labels' module parameter to allow read-only
label operation.

Fixes: 11189c1089da ("acpi/nfit: Fix command-supported detection")
Reported-by: Dexuan Cui 
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams 
---
 drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c |   17 +
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
index 811c399a3a76..5b5e802de7b8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ static bool no_init_ars;
 module_param(no_init_ars, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(no_init_ars, "Skip ARS run at nfit init time");
 
+static bool force_labels;
+module_param(force_labels, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_labels, "Opt-in to labels despite missing methods");
+
 LIST_HEAD(acpi_descs);
 DEFINE_MUTEX(acpi_desc_lock);
 
@@ -1916,6 +1920,19 @@ static int acpi_nfit_add_dimm(struct acpi_nfit_desc 
*acpi_desc,
dev_dbg(dev, "%s: has _LSW\n", 
dev_name(_dimm->dev));
set_bit(NFIT_MEM_LSW, _mem->flags);
}
+
+   /*
+* Quirk read-only label configurations to preserve
+* access to label-less namespaces by default.
+*/
+   if (!test_bit(NFIT_MEM_LSW, _mem->flags)
+   && !force_labels) {
+   dev_dbg(dev, "%s: No _LSW, disable labels\n",
+   dev_name(_dimm->dev));
+   clear_bit(NFIT_MEM_LSR, _mem->flags);
+   } else
+   dev_dbg(dev, "%s: Force enable labels\n",
+   dev_name(_dimm->dev));
}
 
populate_shutdown_status(nfit_mem);