Use the smp_call_on_cpu() function to call system management mode on cpu 0. Make call secure by adding get_online_cpus() to avoid e.g. suspend resume cycles in between. Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> --- V4: add call to get_online_cpus() --- drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c index c43318d..c91bf35 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt +#include <linux/cpu.h> #include <linux/delay.h> #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/types.h> @@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ #include <linux/uaccess.h> #include <linux/io.h> #include <linux/sched.h> +#include <linux/smp.h> #include <linux/i8k.h> @@ -130,23 +132,15 @@ static inline const char *i8k_get_dmi_data(int field) /* * Call the System Management Mode BIOS. Code provided by Jonathan Buzzard. */ -static int i8k_smm(struct smm_regs *regs) +static int i8k_smm_func(void *par) { int rc; + struct smm_regs *regs = par; int eax = regs->eax; - cpumask_var_t old_mask; /* SMM requires CPU 0 */ - if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&old_mask, GFP_KERNEL)) - return -ENOMEM; - cpumask_copy(old_mask, ¤t->cpus_allowed); - rc = set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(0)); - if (rc) - goto out; - if (smp_processor_id() != 0) { - rc = -EBUSY; - goto out; - } + if (smp_processor_id() != 0) + return -EBUSY; #if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) asm volatile("pushq %%rax\n\t" @@ -204,13 +198,24 @@ static int i8k_smm(struct smm_regs *regs) if (rc != 0 || (regs->eax & 0xffff) == 0xffff || regs->eax == eax) rc = -EINVAL; -out: - set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, old_mask); - free_cpumask_var(old_mask); return rc; } /* + * Call the System Management Mode BIOS. + */ +static int i8k_smm(struct smm_regs *regs) +{ + int ret; + + get_online_cpus(); + ret = smp_call_on_cpu(0, i8k_smm_func, regs, true); + put_online_cpus(); + + return ret; +} + +/* * Read the fan status. */ static int i8k_get_fan_status(int fan) -- 2.6.6 _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization