Hi Armin, Thank you for your work on this. On 4/26/23 23:28, Armin Wolf wrote: > Currently, the WMI driver core knows how many instances of a given > WMI object exist, but WMI drivers cannot access this information. > At the same time, some current and upcoming WMI drivers want to > have access to this information. Add wmi_instance_count() and > wmidev_instance_count() to allow WMI drivers to get the number of > WMI object instances. > > Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx> > --- > drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/linux/acpi.h | 2 ++ > include/linux/wmi.h | 2 ++ > 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c > index c226dd4163a1..7c1a904dec5f 100644 > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c > @@ -263,6 +263,46 @@ int set_required_buffer_size(struct wmi_device *wdev, u64 length) > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_required_buffer_size); > > +/** > + * wmi_instance_count - Get number of WMI object instances > + * @guid_string: 36 char string of the form fa50ff2b-f2e8-45de-83fa-65417f2f49ba > + * @instance_count: variable to hold the instance count > + * > + * Get the number of WMI object instances. > + * > + * Returns: acpi_status signaling success or error. > + */ > +acpi_status wmi_instance_count(const char *guid_string, u8 *instance_count) > +{ > + struct wmi_block *wblock; > + acpi_status status; > + > + status = find_guid(guid_string, &wblock); > + if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) > + return status; > + > + *instance_count = wmidev_instance_count(&wblock->dev); > + > + return AE_OK; > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_instance_count); I would prefer this to have a normal kernel function prototype which returns -errno rather then returning an acpi_status. E.g. : /** * wmi_instance_count - Get number of WMI object instances * @guid_string: 36 char string of the form fa50ff2b-f2e8-45de-83fa-65417f2f49ba * * Get the number of WMI object instances. * * Returns: The number of WMI object instances, 0 if the GUID is not found. */ int wmi_instance_count(const char *guid_string) { struct wmi_block *wblock; acpi_status status; status = find_guid(guid_string, &wblock); if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) return 0; return wmidev_instance_count(&wblock->dev); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_instance_count); This will also allow this to completely replace the get_instance_count() function in dell-wmi-sysman. Note I have just gone with always returning 0 here on error. I guess you could look at the status and return 0 for not-found and -errno for other errors but I don't think any callers will care for the difference, so just always returning 0 seems easier for callers to deal with. As always this is just a suggestion, let me know if you think this is a bad idea. Regards, Hans > + > +/** > + * wmidev_instance_count - Get number of WMI object instances > + * @wdev: A wmi bus device from a driver > + * > + * Get the number of WMI object instances. > + * > + * Returns: Number of WMI object instances. > + */ > +u8 wmidev_instance_count(struct wmi_device *wdev) > +{ > + struct wmi_block *wblock = container_of(wdev, struct wmi_block, dev); > + > + return wblock->gblock.instance_count; > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmidev_instance_count); > + > /** > * wmi_evaluate_method - Evaluate a WMI method (deprecated) > * @guid_string: 36 char string of the form fa50ff2b-f2e8-45de-83fa-65417f2f49ba > diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h > index efff750f326d..ab2a4b23e7a3 100644 > --- a/include/linux/acpi.h > +++ b/include/linux/acpi.h > @@ -412,6 +412,8 @@ extern bool acpi_is_pnp_device(struct acpi_device *); > > typedef void (*wmi_notify_handler) (u32 value, void *context); > > +acpi_status wmi_instance_count(const char *guid, u8 *instance_count); > + > extern acpi_status wmi_evaluate_method(const char *guid, u8 instance, > u32 method_id, > const struct acpi_buffer *in, > diff --git a/include/linux/wmi.h b/include/linux/wmi.h > index c1a3bd4e4838..763bd382cf2d 100644 > --- a/include/linux/wmi.h > +++ b/include/linux/wmi.h > @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ extern acpi_status wmidev_evaluate_method(struct wmi_device *wdev, > extern union acpi_object *wmidev_block_query(struct wmi_device *wdev, > u8 instance); > > +u8 wmidev_instance_count(struct wmi_device *wdev); > + > extern int set_required_buffer_size(struct wmi_device *wdev, u64 length); > > /** > -- > 2.30.2 >