On Monday 20 June 2016 06:24:57 Guenter Roeck wrote: > On 06/20/2016 02:12 AM, Pali Rohár wrote: > >On Sunday 19 June 2016 00:39:47 Pali Rohár wrote: > >>On Saturday 18 June 2016 18:54:58 Guenter Roeck wrote: > >>>On 06/18/2016 08:26 AM, Pali Rohár wrote: > >>>>On Saturday 18 June 2016 17:13:59 Guenter Roeck wrote: > >>>>>On 06/17/2016 03:54 PM, Pali Rohár wrote: > >>>>>>I'm sending all my dell-smm-hwmon patches in one series, because > >>>>>>due to changes in code other patches depends on previous. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>First two patches fixes problem with old /proc/i8k file. Second > >>>>>>is security fix and should be backported to all stable kernels > >>>>>>(that problem was there always). I tested i8kctl tool (from > >>>>>>i8kutils package) that it still works with these patches. > >>>>>>Without root access for those security operations just showes > >>>>>>'?' or '-1'. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Third and fourth patches try to fix problem on machines with > >>>>>>broken SMM/BIOS when calling function fan_type(). > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Fifth is new feature and last sixth useful for debugging. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Pali Rohár (6): > >>>>>> hwmon: (dell-smm) Fail in ioctl I8K_BIOS_VERSION when bios > >>>>>> version is > >>>>>> > >>>>>> not a number > >>>>>> > >>>>>> hwmon: (dell-smm) Restrict fan control and serial number to > >>>>>> > >>>>>> CAP_SYS_ADMIN by default > >>>>>> > >>>>>> hwmon: (dell-smm) Disallow fan_type() calls on broken > >>>>>> machines hwmon: (dell-smm) Cache fan_type() calls and change > >>>>>> fan detection hwmon: (dell-smm) Detect fan with index=2 > >>>>>> hwmon: (dell-smm) In debug mode log duration of SMM calls > >>>>>> > >>>>>> drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c | 122 > >>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 99 > >>>>>> insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) > >>>>> > >>>>>Pali, > >>>>> > >>>>>You asked for additional testing, so I am not sure what you expect > >>>>>me to do. > >>>>> > >>>>>Which of the patches can/should I apply now ? > >>>>> > >>>>>Guenter > >>>> > >>>>Test 3/6 and 4/6 patches on affected Dell machines. I CCed all > >>>>people who tried to debug those bugs, so need confirmation from > >>>>them that after applying 3/6 and 4/6 patches, erratic fan > >>>>behaviour is not there... > >>>> > >>>>But because those two patches depends on previous, it is needed to > >>>>test whole series... > >>> > >>>This doesn't tell me which patches to apply now. The first two ? > >> > >>Yes, 1/6 and 2/6 are OK. > >> > > > >Guenter, now you can apply whole series + add all tested-by lines from > >email threads. Looks like it is OK now. > > > First three patches applied and sent to Linus last night. > > Remaining three patches applied to -next. Ok, are you going to send at least patch 4/6 to Linus too as it fixes next bug which should go to -stable too? -- Pali Rohár pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hwmon" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
