Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] platform/x86: wmi: Add wmidev_block_set()

From: Hans de Goede
Date: Mon Nov 20 2023 - 07:01:13 EST


Hi Armin,

On 11/3/23 19:25, Armin Wolf wrote:
> Currently, WMI drivers have to use the deprecated GUID-based
> interface when setting data blocks. This prevents those
> drivers from fully moving away from this interface.
>
> Provide wmidev_block_set() so drivers using wmi_set_block() can
> fully migrate to the modern bus-based interface.
>
> Tested with a custom SSDT from the Intel Slim Bootloader project.
>
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx>

Thank you for your patch-series, I've applied the series to my
review-hans branch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pdx86/platform-drivers-x86.git/log/?h=review-hans

One thing which I noticed during review of patch 3/4 is that
some WMI drivers might benefit from having a wmidev_block_query_typed()
similar to how we have a acpi_evaluate_dsm_typed() which takes an
ACPI type and returns a NULL pointer instead of a wrongly typed
ACPI object when the type does not match. Specifically this
would allow dropping the return obj type checking from
sbl-fw-update.c : get_fwu_request() .

Now adding a wmidev_block_query_typed() wrapper around
wmidev_block_query () just for this is not really a win,
but it might be useful in the future ? Anyways just an idea.

Regards,

Hans




> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - applies on pdx86/for-next
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------
> include/linux/wmi.h | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
> index 5c27b4aa9690..9d9a050e7086 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
> @@ -536,41 +536,50 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmidev_block_query);
> *
> * Return: acpi_status signaling success or error.
> */
> -acpi_status wmi_set_block(const char *guid_string, u8 instance,
> - const struct acpi_buffer *in)
> +acpi_status wmi_set_block(const char *guid_string, u8 instance, const struct acpi_buffer *in)
> {
> - struct wmi_block *wblock;
> - struct guid_block *block;
> struct wmi_device *wdev;
> - acpi_handle handle;
> - struct acpi_object_list input;
> - union acpi_object params[2];
> - char method[WMI_ACPI_METHOD_NAME_SIZE];
> acpi_status status;
>
> - if (!in)
> - return AE_BAD_DATA;
> -
> wdev = wmi_find_device_by_guid(guid_string);
> if (IS_ERR(wdev))
> return AE_ERROR;
>
> - wblock = container_of(wdev, struct wmi_block, dev);
> - block = &wblock->gblock;
> - handle = wblock->acpi_device->handle;
> + status = wmidev_block_set(wdev, instance, in);
> + wmi_device_put(wdev);
>
> - if (block->instance_count <= instance) {
> - status = AE_BAD_PARAMETER;
> + return status;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_set_block);
>
> - goto err_wdev_put;
> - }
> +/**
> + * wmidev_block_set - Write to a WMI block
> + * @wdev: A wmi bus device from a driver
> + * @instance: Instance index
> + * @in: Buffer containing new values for the data block
> + *
> + * Write contents of the input buffer to an ACPI-WMI data block.
> + *
> + * Return: acpi_status signaling success or error.
> + */
> +acpi_status wmidev_block_set(struct wmi_device *wdev, u8 instance, const struct acpi_buffer *in)
> +{
> + struct wmi_block *wblock = container_of(wdev, struct wmi_block, dev);
> + acpi_handle handle = wblock->acpi_device->handle;
> + struct guid_block *block = &wblock->gblock;
> + char method[WMI_ACPI_METHOD_NAME_SIZE];
> + struct acpi_object_list input;
> + union acpi_object params[2];
>
> - /* Check GUID is a data block */
> - if (block->flags & (ACPI_WMI_EVENT | ACPI_WMI_METHOD)) {
> - status = AE_ERROR;
> + if (!in)
> + return AE_BAD_DATA;
>
> - goto err_wdev_put;
> - }
> + if (block->instance_count <= instance)
> + return AE_BAD_PARAMETER;
> +
> + /* Check GUID is a data block */
> + if (block->flags & (ACPI_WMI_EVENT | ACPI_WMI_METHOD))
> + return AE_ERROR;
>
> input.count = 2;
> input.pointer = params;
> @@ -582,14 +591,9 @@ acpi_status wmi_set_block(const char *guid_string, u8 instance,
>
> get_acpi_method_name(wblock, 'S', method);
>
> - status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, method, &input, NULL);
> -
> -err_wdev_put:
> - wmi_device_put(wdev);
> -
> - return status;
> + return acpi_evaluate_object(handle, method, &input, NULL);
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_set_block);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmidev_block_set);
>
> static void wmi_dump_wdg(const struct guid_block *g)
> {
> diff --git a/include/linux/wmi.h b/include/linux/wmi.h
> index 763bd382cf2d..207544968268 100644
> --- a/include/linux/wmi.h
> +++ b/include/linux/wmi.h
> @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ extern acpi_status wmidev_evaluate_method(struct wmi_device *wdev,
> extern union acpi_object *wmidev_block_query(struct wmi_device *wdev,
> u8 instance);
>
> +acpi_status wmidev_block_set(struct wmi_device *wdev, u8 instance, const struct acpi_buffer *in);
> +
> u8 wmidev_instance_count(struct wmi_device *wdev);
>
> extern int set_required_buffer_size(struct wmi_device *wdev, u64 length);
> --
> 2.39.2
>