From: Pratyush Anand <panand@xxxxxxxxxx>
modprobe is not able to resolve sysfs modalias for mei devices.
# cat
/sys/class/watchdog/watchdog0/device/watchdog/watchdog0/device/modalias
mei::05b79a6f-4628-4d7f-899d-a91514cb32ab:
# modprobe --set-version 4.9.6-200.fc25.x86_64 -R
mei::05b79a6f-4628-4d7f-899d-a91514cb32ab:
modprobe: FATAL: Module mei::05b79a6f-4628-4d7f-899d-a91514cb32ab: not
found in directory /lib/modules/4.9.6-200.fc25.x86_64
# cat /lib/modules/4.9.6-200.fc25.x86_64/modules.alias | grep
05b79a6f-4628-4d7f-899d-a91514cb32ab
alias mei:*:05b79a6f-4628-4d7f-899d-a91514cb32ab:*:* mei_wdt
commit b26864cad1c9 ("mei: bus: add client protocol
version to the device alias"), however sysfs modalias
is still in formmat mei:S:uuid:*.
This patch equates format of uevent and sysfs modalias so that modprobe
is able to resolve the aliases.
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 4.7+
Fixes: commit b26864cad1c9 ("mei: bus: add client protocol version to the device alias")
Signed-off-by: Pratyush Anand <panand@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/mei/bus.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
index 42078e6be47f..40c79089e548 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
@@ -763,8 +763,10 @@ static ssize_t modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *a,
{
struct mei_cl_device *cldev = to_mei_cl_device(dev);
const uuid_le *uuid = mei_me_cl_uuid(cldev->me_cl);
+ u8 version = mei_me_cl_ver(cldev->me_cl);
- return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "mei:%s:%pUl:", cldev->name, uuid);
+ return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "mei:%s:%pUl:%02X:",
+ cldev->name, uuid, version);
}
static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(modalias);
--
2.9.4