Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] hwmon: (nct6775) Additional check for ChipID before ASUS WMI usage | From | Guenter Roeck <> | Date | Sat, 18 Dec 2021 11:35:35 -0800 |
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On 12/18/21 11:26 AM, Denis Pauk wrote: > WMI monitoring methods can be changed or removed in new ASUS boards > BIOS versions. Such versions return zero instead of a real one as > Chip ID. > > Commit adds additional validation for the result of Chip ID call > before enabling access by ASUS WMI methods. > > BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204807 > Signed-off-by: Denis Pauk <pauk.denis@gmail.com> > --- > drivers/hwmon/nct6775.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/nct6775.c b/drivers/hwmon/nct6775.c > index 57ce8633a725..034347ed51c4 100644 > --- a/drivers/hwmon/nct6775.c > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/nct6775.c > @@ -5038,7 +5038,8 @@ static int __init sensors_nct6775_init(void) > board_name); > if (err >= 0) { > /* if reading chip id via WMI succeeds, use WMI */ > - if (!nct6775_asuswmi_read(0, NCT6775_PORT_CHIPID, &tmp)) { > + if (!nct6775_asuswmi_read(0, NCT6775_PORT_CHIPID, &tmp) && > + tmp) {
Please drop the continuation line; the above hurts readability, and in that case up to 100 columns are allowed.
Thanks, Guenter
> pr_info("Using Asus WMI to access %#x chip.\n", tmp); > access = access_asuswmi; > } else { > > base-commit: 2585cf9dfaaddf00b069673f27bb3f8530e2039c >
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