> -----Original Message----- > From: Darren Hart [mailto:dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, March 2, 2018 6:22 PM > To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>; pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx; LKML > <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] platform/x86: dell-smbios: Link all dell-smbios-* > modules together > > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 12:23:04PM -0600, Mario Limonciello wrote: > > Some race conditions were raised due to dell-smbios and its backends > > not being ready by the time that a consumer would call one of the > > exported methods. > > > > To avoid this problem, guarantee that all initialization has been > > done by linking them all together and running init for them all. > > > > As part of this change the Kconfig needs to be adjusted so that > > CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_SMM and CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_WMI are boolean > > rather than modules. > > > > CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS is a visually selectable option again and both > > CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_WMI and CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_SMM are optional. > > > > Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxxx> > > --- > > Changes from v2: > > * Move rest of #ifdef out of source files > > * Only compile units as necessary > > > > drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig | 11 ++++++++--- > > drivers/platform/x86/Makefile | 4 ++-- > > drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-base.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++- > > drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-smm.c | 18 ++++-------------- > > drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi.c | 14 ++++---------- > > drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios.h | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > > 6 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig > > index 9a8f964..0c0897e 100644 > > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig > > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig > > @@ -106,10 +106,15 @@ config ASUS_LAPTOP > > If you have an ACPI-compatible ASUS laptop, say Y or M here. > > > > config DELL_SMBIOS > > - tristate > > + tristate "Dell SMBIOS driver" > > + ---help--- > > + This provides support for the Dell SMBIOS calling interface. > > + If you have a Dell computer you should enable this option. > > + > > + Be sure to select at least one backend for it to work properly. > > > > config DELL_SMBIOS_WMI > > - tristate "Dell SMBIOS calling interface (WMI implementation)" > > + bool "Dell SMBIOS driver WMI support" > > Would you be happy with using "backend" here and for SMM? > > bool "Dell SMBIOS driver WMI backend" > > It makes it obvious what the help text is referring to by "select at > least one backend". > > Happy to just make this change locally, no need to resubmit. > Yeah, fine by me. Thanks,
