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* [PATCH 1/1] hwmon: (nct6775) Additional check for ChipID before ASUS WMI usage
@ 2021-12-18 19:26 Denis Pauk
  2021-12-18 19:35 ` Guenter Roeck
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Denis Pauk @ 2021-12-18 19:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  Cc: andy.shevchenko, pauk.denis, platform-driver-x86, Guenter Roeck,
	Jean Delvare, linux-hwmon, linux-kernel

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) {
 				pr_info("Using Asus WMI to access %#x chip.\n", tmp);
 				access = access_asuswmi;
 			} else {

base-commit: 2585cf9dfaaddf00b069673f27bb3f8530e2039c
-- 
2.34.1


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