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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/6] dell-smm-hwmon fixes
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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

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