Setting policy results in invalid value error. >echo "step_wise" > policy >echo: write error: Invalid argument Need clean up of the buffer which "echo" may add based on the arguments, before comparing aganist list of governor names. Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c index 4cdc3e3..ed6904f 100644 --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c @@ -696,16 +696,27 @@ static ssize_t policy_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count) { - int ret = -EINVAL; + int ret; struct thermal_zone_device *tz = to_thermal_zone(dev); struct thermal_governor *gov; + char str_gov[THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH]; + char format[6]; /* enough for 3 digit format width */ + + ret = snprintf(format, sizeof(format), "%%%ds", + THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH - 1); + if (ret < 0) + return ret; + ret = sscanf(buf, format, str_gov); + if (ret <= 0) + return -EINVAL; mutex_lock(&thermal_governor_lock); - gov = __find_governor(buf); - if (!gov) + gov = __find_governor(str_gov); + if (!gov) { + ret = -EINVAL; goto exit; - + } tz->governor = gov; ret = count; -- 1.7.11.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html