From: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
To: "Rong Zhang" <i@rong.moe>,
"Mark Pearson" <mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca>,
"Derek J. Clark" <derekjohn.clark@gmail.com>,
"Hans de Goede" <hansg@kernel.org>,
"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Charles <hanker007@gmail.com>,
Navon John Lukose <navonjohnlukose@gmail.com>,
platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 11/12] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-helpers: Adopt new WMI API
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:19:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bb1e3abe-5dac-4f91-b5bf-0aac276ec68e@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261009-lwmi-wmi-new-api-v2-11-402828382679@rong.moe>
Am 09.10.26 um 14:53 schrieb Rong Zhang:
> The new WMI API supports multiple ACPI types by converting them into a
> unified buffer that satisfies alignment and size requirements.
>
> Adopt it to make our life easier.
>
> Note that the Windows WMI-ACPI driver converts all ACPI objects into a
> common buffer format, so adopting the new API intentionally accepts more
> ACPI types as a followup of commit 465dc9da8ff6 ("platform/x86:
> lenovo-wmi-helpers: Convert returned buffer into u32").
Reviewed-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
> Suggested-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/f1787927-b655-4321-b9d9-bc12353c72db@gmx.de/
> Signed-off-by: Rong Zhang <i@rong.moe>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-helpers.c | 61 ++++++++++++-------------------
> 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-helpers.c b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-helpers.c
> index 8f5766c391eb..687caa226263 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-helpers.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-helpers.c
> @@ -24,9 +24,10 @@
> #include <linux/export.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/notifier.h>
> -#include <linux/unaligned.h>
> #include <linux/wmi.h>
>
> +#include <asm/byteorder.h>
> +
> #include "wmi-helpers.h"
>
> /* Thermal mode notifier chain. */
> @@ -42,49 +43,33 @@ static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(tm_chain_head);
> * @size: Length of the buffer.
> * @retval: Pointer for the return value to be assigned.
> *
> - * Calls wmidev_evaluate_method for Lenovo WMI devices that return an ACPI
> - * integer. Validates the return value type and assigns the value to the
> - * retval pointer.
> + * Calls the specified WMI method for Lenovo WMI devices that return a WMI
> + * integer. Validates the return value and assigns it to @retval when it's not
> + * NULL, otherwise the return value is not validated.
> *
> * Return: 0 on success, or an error code.
> */
> int lwmi_dev_evaluate_int(struct wmi_device *wdev, u8 instance, u32 method_id,
> unsigned char *buf, size_t size, u32 *retval)
> {
> - struct acpi_buffer output = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
> - struct acpi_buffer input = { size, buf };
> - acpi_status status;
> -
> - status = wmidev_evaluate_method(wdev, instance, method_id, &input,
> - &output);
> - if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> - return -EIO;
> -
> - union acpi_object *ret_obj __free(kfree) = output.pointer;
> -
> - if (retval) {
> - if (!ret_obj)
> - return -ENODATA;
> -
> - switch (ret_obj->type) {
> - /*
> - * The ACPI method may simply return a buffer when a u32
> - * is expected. This is valid on Windows as its WMI-ACPI
> - * driver converts everything to a common buffer.
> - */
> - case ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER:
> - if (ret_obj->buffer.length < sizeof(u32))
> - return -ENXIO;
> -
> - *retval = get_unaligned_le32(ret_obj->buffer.pointer);
> - return 0;
> - case ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER:
> - *retval = (u32)ret_obj->integer.value;
> - return 0;
> - default:
> - return -ENXIO;
> - }
> - }
> + struct wmi_buffer input = {
> + .length = size,
> + .data = buf,
> + };
> + struct wmi_buffer output;
> + int ret;
> +
> + if (!retval)
> + return wmidev_invoke_procedure(wdev, instance, method_id, &input);
> +
> + ret = wmidev_invoke_method(wdev, instance, method_id, &input,
> + &output, sizeof(__le32));
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + __le32 *valp __free(kfree) = output.data;
> +
> + *retval = le32_to_cpu(*valp);
>
> return 0;
> };
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-10 1:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-09 12:53 [PATCH v2 00/12] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-{other,capdata,helpers}: Improve robustness on faulty firmware Rong Zhang
2026-10-09 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 01/12] platform/wmi: Introduce wmidev_exists() Rong Zhang
2026-10-09 20:25 ` Mark Pearson
2026-10-09 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 02/12] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-capdata: Do not stop the AC notifier chain on error Rong Zhang
2026-10-09 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 03/12] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-capdata: Only allocate sub-master info when necessary Rong Zhang
2026-10-09 15:15 ` Derek J. Clark
2026-10-09 15:45 ` Rong Zhang
2026-10-09 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 04/12] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-capdata: Store a pointer to component info Rong Zhang
2026-10-09 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 05/12] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-capdata: Defer mutex initialization Rong Zhang
2026-10-09 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 06/12] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-{capdata,other}: Only allocate capdata list when necessary Rong Zhang
2026-10-09 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 07/12] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-capdata: Adopt new WMI API Rong Zhang
2026-10-10 1:16 ` Armin Wolf
2026-10-10 1:51 ` Rong Zhang
2026-10-09 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 08/12] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-capdata: Register component even on WMI error Rong Zhang
2026-10-09 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 09/12] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-capdata: Detect stubbed capdata device Rong Zhang
2026-10-09 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 10/12] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-capdata: Do not match missing components Rong Zhang
2026-10-09 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 11/12] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-helpers: Adopt new WMI API Rong Zhang
2026-10-10 1:19 ` Armin Wolf [this message]
2026-10-09 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 12/12] MAINTAINERS: Add myself as a LENOVO drivers co-maintainer Rong Zhang
2026-10-09 20:26 ` Mark Pearson
2026-10-09 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-{other,capdata,helpers}: Improve robustness on faulty firmware Derek J. Clark
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