> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Michał Kępień <kernel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 5:11 AM, Michał Kępień <kernel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >> My laptop has one RW data object, one RO data object, and one
> >> >> totally inaccessible data object. Check for the existence of the
> >> >> accessor methods and report in sysfs.
> >> >>
> >> >> The docs also permit WQxx getters for single-instance objects to
> >> >> take no parameters. Probe for that as well to avoid ACPICA warnings
> >> >> about mismatched signatures.
> >> >>
> >> >> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> ---
> >> >> drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >> >> include/linux/wmi.h | 6 +++
> >> >> 2 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >> >>
> >> >> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
> >> >> index 5571ae7354a1..49be61207c4a 100644
> >> >> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
> >> >> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
> >> >> @@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ struct wmi_block {
> >> >> struct acpi_device *acpi_device;
> >> >> wmi_notify_handler handler;
> >> >> void *handler_data;
> >> >> +
> >> >> + bool read_takes_no_args; /* only defined if readable */
> >> >> };
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> @@ -216,6 +218,25 @@ static bool find_guid(const char *guid_string, struct wmi_block **out)
> >> >> return false;
> >> >> }
> >> >>
> >> >> +static int get_subobj_info(acpi_handle handle, const char *pathname,
> >> >> + struct acpi_device_info *info)
> >> >> +{
> >> >> + acpi_handle subobj_handle;
> >> >> + acpi_status status;
> >> >> +
> >> >> + status = acpi_get_handle(handle, (char *)pathname, &subobj_handle);
> >> >> + if (status == AE_NOT_FOUND)
> >> >> + return -ENOENT;
> >> >> + else if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> >> >> + return -EIO;
> >> >> +
> >> >> + status = acpi_get_object_info(subobj_handle, &info);
> >> >
> >> > acpi_get_object_info() allocates the returned buffer itself. The latter
> >> > should then subsequently be freed by the caller. One solution is to
> >> > change get_subobj_info() so that it takes a struct acpi_device_info **
> >> > as an argument, which should then be passed to acpi_get_object_info().
> >> > See also below.
> >>
> >> I have an updated version of this patch in my queue. I'll try to send
> >> it early next week.
> >
> > Hi Andy,
> >
> > Are you planning any further work on this patch series (originally
> > posted in December 2015)? It seems to be a valuable cleanup.
>
> I have a tree in which the patches are sitting and I've kept them
> rebased, but I haven't had a chance to go through all the review
> comments and send them out. Want to do it?
If you want me to take the rebased patches, fix the issues I can find
and resubmit as v2 with your name in From: then sure, I can give it a
shot once I find the time (might not be soon, though, but I guess there
is no rush). If you had something else on your mind, please elaborate.
--
Best regards,
Michał Kępień
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