[PATCH v2 4/5] platform/x86: intel_pmt_telemetry: Ignore zero sized entries

From: David E. Box
Date: Tue Aug 17 2021 - 18:42:58 EST


Some devices may expose non-functioning entries that are reserved for
future use. These entries have zero size. Ignore them during probe.

Signed-off-by: David E. Box <david.e.box@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

V2: New patch

drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmt/telemetry.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmt/telemetry.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmt/telemetry.c
index 3559f6e7b388..d93d02672679 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmt/telemetry.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmt/telemetry.c
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ static int pmt_telem_header_decode(struct intel_pmt_entry *entry,
/* Size is measured in DWORDS, but accessor returns bytes */
header->size = TELEM_SIZE(readl(disc_table));

+ /*
+ * Some devices may expose non-functioning entries that are
+ * reserved for future use. They have zero size. Do not fail
+ * probe for these. Just ignore them.
+ */
+ if (header->size == 0)
+ return 1;
+
return 0;
}

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2.25.1