Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix attribute name usage for non-compliant items

["Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>]

On Fri, 16 May 2025, Mark Pearson wrote:

> A few, quite rare, WMI attributes have names that are not compatible with
> filenames. e.g. "Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d)".

filenames. -> filenames,

> For these cases the '/' gets replaced with '\' for display, but doesn't
> get switched again when doing the WMI access.
> 
> Fix this by keeping the original attribute name and using that for sending
> commands to the BIOS
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca>

Fixes tag?

> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c | 27 +++++++++++++++------------
>  drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.h |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c
> index 0fc275e461be..be01085055a1 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c
> @@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug_support, "Enable debug command support");
>   * You must reboot the computer before the changes will take effect.
>   */
>  #define LENOVO_CLEAR_BIOS_CERT_GUID  "B2BC39A7-78DD-4D71-B059-A510DEC44890"
> +
>  /*
>   * Name: CertToPassword
>   * Description: Switch from certificate to password authentication.

An unrelated change.

> @@ -1061,8 +1062,8 @@ static ssize_t current_value_store(struct kobject *kobj,
>  			ret = -EINVAL;
>  			goto out;
>  		}
> -		set_str = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s,%s,%s", setting->display_name,
> -					new_setting, tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->signature);
> +		set_str = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s,%s,%s", setting->name,
> +				    new_setting, tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->signature);
>  		if (!set_str) {
>  			ret = -ENOMEM;
>  			goto out;
> @@ -1092,7 +1093,7 @@ static ssize_t current_value_store(struct kobject *kobj,
>  				goto out;
>  		}
>  
> -		set_str = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s,%s;", setting->display_name,
> +		set_str = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s,%s;", setting->name,
>  				    new_setting);
>  		if (!set_str) {
>  			ret = -ENOMEM;
> @@ -1120,11 +1121,11 @@ static ssize_t current_value_store(struct kobject *kobj,
>  		}
>  
>  		if (auth_str)
> -			set_str = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s,%s,%s", setting->display_name,
> -					new_setting, auth_str);
> +			set_str = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s,%s,%s", setting->name,
> +					    new_setting, auth_str);
>  		else
> -			set_str = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s,%s;", setting->display_name,
> -					new_setting);
> +			set_str = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s,%s;", setting->name,
> +					    new_setting);
>  		if (!set_str) {
>  			ret = -ENOMEM;
>  			goto out;
> @@ -1629,9 +1630,6 @@ static int tlmi_analyze(struct wmi_device *wdev)
>  			continue;
>  		}
>  
> -		/* It is not allowed to have '/' for file name. Convert it into '\'. */
> -		strreplace(item, '/', '\\');
> -
>  		/* Remove the value part */
>  		strreplace(item, ',', '\0');
>  
> @@ -1644,11 +1642,16 @@ static int tlmi_analyze(struct wmi_device *wdev)
>  		}
>  		setting->wdev = wdev;
>  		setting->index = i;
> +
> +		strscpy(setting->name, item);
> +		/* It is not allowed to have '/' for file name. Convert it into '\'. */
> +		strreplace(item, '/', '\\');
>  		strscpy(setting->display_name, item);
> +
>  		/* If BIOS selections supported, load those */
>  		if (tlmi_priv.can_get_bios_selections) {
> -			ret = tlmi_get_bios_selections(setting->display_name,
> -					&setting->possible_values);
> +			ret = tlmi_get_bios_selections(setting->name,
> +						       &setting->possible_values);
>  			if (ret || !setting->possible_values)
>  				pr_info("Error retrieving possible values for %d : %s\n",
>  						i, setting->display_name);
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.h b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.h
> index a80452482227..9b014644d316 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.h
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.h
> @@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ struct tlmi_attr_setting {
>  	struct kobject kobj;
>  	struct wmi_device *wdev;
>  	int index;
> +	char name[TLMI_SETTINGS_MAXLEN];
>  	char display_name[TLMI_SETTINGS_MAXLEN];
>  	char *possible_values;
>  };
> 

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