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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes
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On 06/18/2016 08:26 AM, Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Saturday 18 June 2016 17:13:59 Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On 06/17/2016 03:54 PM, Pali Rohár wrote:
>>> I'm sending all my dell-smm-hwmon patches in one series, because
>>> due to changes in code other patches depends on previous.
>>>
>>> First two patches fixes problem with old /proc/i8k file. Second is
>>> security fix and should be backported to all stable kernels (that
>>> problem was there always). I tested i8kctl tool (from i8kutils
>>> package) that it still works with these patches. Without root
>>> access for those security operations just showes '?' or '-1'.
>>>
>>> Third and fourth patches try to fix problem on machines with broken
>>> SMM/BIOS when calling function fan_type().
>>>
>>> Fifth is new feature and last sixth useful for debugging.
>>>
>>> Pali Rohár (6):
>>> hwmon: (dell-smm) Fail in ioctl I8K_BIOS_VERSION when bios
>>> version is
>>>
>>> not a number
>>>
>>> hwmon: (dell-smm) Restrict fan control and serial number to
>>>
>>> CAP_SYS_ADMIN by default
>>>
>>> hwmon: (dell-smm) Disallow fan_type() calls on broken machines
>>> hwmon: (dell-smm) Cache fan_type() calls and change fan
>>> detection hwmon: (dell-smm) Detect fan with index=2
>>> hwmon: (dell-smm) In debug mode log duration of SMM calls
>>>
>>> drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c | 122
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 99
>>> insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>>
>> Pali,
>>
>> You asked for additional testing, so I am not sure what you expect me
>> to do.
>>
>> Which of the patches can/should I apply now ?
>>
>> Guenter
>
> Test 3/6 and 4/6 patches on affected Dell machines. I CCed all people
> who tried to debug those bugs, so need confirmation from them that after
> applying 3/6 and 4/6 patches, erratic fan behaviour is not there...
>
> But because those two patches depends on previous, it is needed to test
> whole series...
>
This doesn't tell me which patches to apply now. The first two ?

Guenter

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