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

From	Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes
Date	2016-06-22 10:10 +0200
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> 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(-)

On a Vostro V131 (BIOS A04):

Tested-by: Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl>

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Best regards,
Michał Kępień

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[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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