On Mon, 06 Aug 2012, manoj.iyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> In the latest V-series bios DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION does not contain
> the string Lenovo or Thinkpad, but is set to the model number, this
> causes the thinkpad_acpi module to fail to load. Recognize laptop
> as Lenovo using DMI_BIOS_VENDOR instead, which is set to Lenovo.
>
> Signed-off-by: Manoj Iyer <manoj.iyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 13 +++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
> index e7f7328..17692c8 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
> @@ -8658,11 +8658,16 @@ static int __must_check __init get_thinkpad_model_data(
> }
>
> s = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION);
> - if (s && !(strnicmp(s, "ThinkPad", 8) && strnicmp(s, "Lenovo", 6))) {
> + if (s && !(strnicmp(s, "ThinkPad", 8) && strnicmp(s, "Lenovo", 6)))
> tp->model_str = kstrdup(s, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!tp->model_str)
> - return -ENOMEM;
> - }
> + else {
> + s = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR);
> + if (s && !(strnicmp(s, "Lenovo", 6)))
> + tp->model_str = kstrdup(s, GFP_KERNEL);
> + }
> +
> + if (!tp->model_str)
> + return -ENOMEM;
This last unguarded if() can cause problems, s is allowed to be NULL. Just
leave it where it was, and add a second one to the new "else" branch.
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