This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled mei: don't wait for os version message reply to my char-misc git tree which can be found at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git in the char-misc-linus branch. The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree (usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.) The patch will hopefully also be merged in Linus's tree for the next -rc kernel release. If you have any questions about this process, please let me know. >From c6240cacdb2c3cb56a21fb3ea0c105154ab87a2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 21:40:42 +0200 Subject: mei: don't wait for os version message reply The driver still struggles with firmwares that do not replay to the OS version request. It is safe not waiting for the replay. First, the driver doesn't do anything with the replay second the connection is closed immediately, hence the packet will be just safely discarded in case it is received and last the driver won't get stuck if the firmware won't reply. Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> #4.10+ Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c | 14 ++------------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c b/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c index 3600c9993a98..29f2daed37e0 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c @@ -112,11 +112,9 @@ struct mkhi_msg { static int mei_osver(struct mei_cl_device *cldev) { - int ret; const size_t size = sizeof(struct mkhi_msg_hdr) + sizeof(struct mkhi_fwcaps) + sizeof(struct mei_os_ver); - size_t length = 8; char buf[size]; struct mkhi_msg *req; struct mkhi_fwcaps *fwcaps; @@ -137,15 +135,7 @@ static int mei_osver(struct mei_cl_device *cldev) os_ver = (struct mei_os_ver *)fwcaps->data; os_ver->os_type = OSTYPE_LINUX; - ret = __mei_cl_send(cldev->cl, buf, size, mode); - if (ret < 0) - return ret; - - ret = __mei_cl_recv(cldev->cl, buf, length, 0); - if (ret < 0) - return ret; - - return 0; + return __mei_cl_send(cldev->cl, buf, size, mode); } static void mei_mkhi_fix(struct mei_cl_device *cldev) @@ -160,7 +150,7 @@ static void mei_mkhi_fix(struct mei_cl_device *cldev) return; ret = mei_osver(cldev); - if (ret) + if (ret < 0) dev_err(&cldev->dev, "OS version command failed %d\n", ret); mei_cldev_disable(cldev); -- 2.12.0