Re: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes

From	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes
Date	2016-06-19 00:50 +0200
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Thanks for testing! It took too long, but bugs in vendor SMM code are 
hard to detect and probably impossible to fix. So I would call this 
patch just as "workaround" and not proper bug fix...

On Saturday 18 June 2016 23:58:19 Leon Yu wrote:
> Just installed on "Inspiron 580", appears to have fixed the problem.
> 
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
> wrote:
> > On 06/18/2016 08:26 AM, Pali Rohár wrote:
> >> On Saturday 18 June 2016 17:13:59 Guenter Roeck wrote:
> >>> On 06/17/2016 03:54 PM, Pali Rohár wrote:
> >>>> I'm sending all my dell-smm-hwmon patches in one series, because
> >>>> due to changes in code other patches depends on previous.
> >>>> 
> >>>> First two patches fixes problem with old /proc/i8k file. Second
> >>>> is security fix and should be backported to all stable kernels
> >>>> (that problem was there always). I tested i8kctl tool (from
> >>>> i8kutils package) that it still works with these patches.
> >>>> Without root access for those security operations just showes
> >>>> '?' or '-1'.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Third and fourth patches try to fix problem on machines with
> >>>> broken SMM/BIOS when calling function fan_type().
> >>>> 
> >>>> Fifth is new feature and last sixth useful for debugging.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Pali Rohár (6):
> >>>>     hwmon: (dell-smm) Fail in ioctl I8K_BIOS_VERSION when bios
> >>>>     version is
> >>>>     
> >>>>       not a number
> >>>>     
> >>>>     hwmon: (dell-smm) Restrict fan control and serial number to
> >>>>     
> >>>>       CAP_SYS_ADMIN by default
> >>>>     
> >>>>     hwmon: (dell-smm) Disallow fan_type() calls on broken
> >>>>     machines hwmon: (dell-smm) Cache fan_type() calls and
> >>>>     change fan detection hwmon: (dell-smm) Detect fan with
> >>>>     index=2 hwmon: (dell-smm) In debug mode log duration of SMM
> >>>>     calls
> >>>>    
> >>>>    drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c |  122
> >>>>    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 99
> >>>>    insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> >>> 
> >>> Pali,
> >>> 
> >>> You asked for additional testing, so I am not sure what you
> >>> expect me to do.
> >>> 
> >>> Which of the patches can/should I apply now ?
> >>> 
> >>> Guenter
> >> 
> >> Test 3/6 and 4/6 patches on affected Dell machines. I CCed all
> >> people who tried to debug those bugs, so need confirmation from
> >> them that after applying 3/6 and 4/6 patches, erratic fan
> >> behaviour is not there...
> >> 
> >> But because those two patches depends on previous, it is needed to
> >> test whole series...
> >> 
> >> This doesn't tell me which patches to apply now. The first two ?
> > 
> > Guenter

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@gmail.com

Thread

[PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-06-18 01:00 +0200
  [PATCH 5/6] hwmon: (dell-smm) Detect fan with index=2 Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-06-18 01:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 5/6] hwmon: (dell-smm) Detect fan with index=2 Tolga Cakir <cevelnet@gmail.com> - 2016-06-19 02:10 +0200
  [PATCH 4/6] hwmon: (dell-smm) Cache fan_type() calls and change fan detection Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-06-18 01:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 4/6] hwmon: (dell-smm) Cache fan_type() calls and change  fan detection Tolga Cakir <cevelnet@gmail.com> - 2016-06-19 02:10 +0200
  [PATCH 1/6] hwmon: (dell-smm) Fail in ioctl I8K_BIOS_VERSION when bios version is not a number Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-06-18 01:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/6] hwmon: (dell-smm) Fail in ioctl I8K_BIOS_VERSION when  bios version is not a number Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2016-06-18 22:10 +0200
  [PATCH 3/6] hwmon: (dell-smm) Disallow fan_type() calls on broken machines Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-06-18 01:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 3/6] hwmon: (dell-smm) Disallow fan_type() calls on broken  machines Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2016-06-18 22:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 3/6] hwmon: (dell-smm) Disallow fan_type() calls on broken machines Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-06-19 00:50 +0200
  [PATCH 2/6] hwmon: (dell-smm) Restrict fan control and serial number to CAP_SYS_ADMIN by default Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-06-18 01:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/6] hwmon: (dell-smm) Restrict fan control and serial  number to CAP_SYS_ADMIN by default Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2016-06-18 22:10 +0200
  [PATCH 6/6] hwmon: (dell-smm) In debug mode log duration of SMM calls Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-06-18 01:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-06-18 14:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2016-06-18 17:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-06-18 17:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2016-06-18 19:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-06-19 00:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-06-20 11:20 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2016-06-20 15:30 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-06-23 14:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2016-06-23 16:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-06-19 00:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2016-06-22 10:10 +0200

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