From: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
To: Dell.Client.Kernel@dell.com, pali@kernel.org, mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
Cc: hansg@kernel.org, ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com,
platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux@roeck-us.net,
linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] platform/x86: dell-descriptor: Use new buffer-based WMI API
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 01:25:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260308002522.4185-2-W_Armin@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260308002522.4185-1-W_Armin@gmx.de>
Use the new buffer-based WMI API to also support ACPI firmware
implementations that do not use ACPI buffers for the descriptor.
Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
---
.../platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-descriptor.c | 96 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-descriptor.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-descriptor.c
index c2a180202719..621502368895 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-descriptor.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-descriptor.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
-#include <linux/acpi.h>
+#include <linux/compiler_attributes.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/wmi.h>
@@ -15,6 +15,24 @@
#define DELL_WMI_DESCRIPTOR_GUID "8D9DDCBC-A997-11DA-B012-B622A1EF5492"
+/*
+ * Descriptor buffer is 128 byte long and contains:
+ *
+ * Name Offset Length Value
+ * Vendor Signature 0 4 "DELL"
+ * Object Signature 4 4 " WMI"
+ * WMI Interface Version 8 4 <version>
+ * WMI buffer length 12 4 <length>
+ * WMI hotfix number 16 4 <hotfix>
+ */
+struct descriptor {
+ __le32 vendor_signature;
+ __le32 object_signature;
+ __le32 interface_version;
+ __le32 buffer_length;
+ __le32 hotfix_number;
+} __packed;
+
struct descriptor_priv {
struct list_head list;
u32 interface_version;
@@ -88,76 +106,60 @@ bool dell_wmi_get_hotfix(u32 *hotfix)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dell_wmi_get_hotfix);
-/*
- * Descriptor buffer is 128 byte long and contains:
- *
- * Name Offset Length Value
- * Vendor Signature 0 4 "DELL"
- * Object Signature 4 4 " WMI"
- * WMI Interface Version 8 4 <version>
- * WMI buffer length 12 4 <length>
- * WMI hotfix number 16 4 <hotfix>
- */
-static int dell_wmi_descriptor_probe(struct wmi_device *wdev,
- const void *context)
+static int dell_wmi_descriptor_probe(struct wmi_device *wdev, const void *context)
{
- union acpi_object *obj = NULL;
struct descriptor_priv *priv;
- u32 *buffer;
+ struct wmi_buffer buffer;
+ struct descriptor *desc;
int ret;
- obj = wmidev_block_query(wdev, 0);
- if (!obj) {
- dev_err(&wdev->dev, "failed to read Dell WMI descriptor\n");
- ret = -EIO;
- goto out;
- }
+ ret = wmidev_query_block(wdev, 0, &buffer);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
- if (obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER) {
- dev_err(&wdev->dev, "Dell descriptor has wrong type\n");
+ if (buffer.length < sizeof(*desc)) {
+ dev_err(&wdev->dev,
+ "Dell descriptor buffer contains not enough data (%zu)\n",
+ buffer.length);
ret = -EINVAL;
descriptor_valid = ret;
goto out;
}
- /* Although it's not technically a failure, this would lead to
- * unexpected behavior
- */
- if (obj->buffer.length != 128) {
- dev_err(&wdev->dev,
- "Dell descriptor buffer has unexpected length (%d)\n",
- obj->buffer.length);
- ret = -EINVAL;
+ desc = buffer.data;
+
+ /* "DELL" */
+ if (le32_to_cpu(desc->vendor_signature) != 0x4C4C4544) {
+ dev_err(&wdev->dev, "Dell descriptor buffer has invalid vendor signature (%u)\n",
+ le32_to_cpu(desc->vendor_signature));
+ ret = -ENOMSG;
descriptor_valid = ret;
goto out;
}
- buffer = (u32 *)obj->buffer.pointer;
-
- if (strncmp(obj->string.pointer, "DELL WMI", 8) != 0) {
- dev_err(&wdev->dev, "Dell descriptor buffer has invalid signature (%8ph)\n",
- buffer);
- ret = -EINVAL;
+ /* " WMI" */
+ if (le32_to_cpu(desc->object_signature) != 0x494D5720) {
+ dev_err(&wdev->dev, "Dell descriptor buffer has invalid object signature (%u)\n",
+ le32_to_cpu(desc->object_signature));
+ ret = -ENOMSG;
descriptor_valid = ret;
goto out;
}
descriptor_valid = 0;
- if (buffer[2] != 0 && buffer[2] != 1)
- dev_warn(&wdev->dev, "Dell descriptor buffer has unknown version (%lu)\n",
- (unsigned long) buffer[2]);
-
- priv = devm_kzalloc(&wdev->dev, sizeof(struct descriptor_priv),
- GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (le32_to_cpu(desc->interface_version) > 2)
+ dev_warn(&wdev->dev, "Dell descriptor buffer has unknown version (%u)\n",
+ le32_to_cpu(desc->interface_version));
+ priv = devm_kzalloc(&wdev->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!priv) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
}
- priv->interface_version = buffer[2];
- priv->size = buffer[3];
- priv->hotfix = buffer[4];
+ priv->interface_version = le32_to_cpu(desc->interface_version);
+ priv->size = le32_to_cpu(desc->buffer_length);
+ priv->hotfix = le32_to_cpu(desc->hotfix_number);
ret = 0;
dev_set_drvdata(&wdev->dev, priv);
mutex_lock(&list_mutex);
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ static int dell_wmi_descriptor_probe(struct wmi_device *wdev,
(unsigned long) priv->hotfix);
out:
- kfree(obj);
+ kfree(buffer.data);
return ret;
}
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-08 0:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-08 0:25 [PATCH 0/9] Convert most Dell WMI drivers to use the new buffer-based API Armin Wolf
2026-03-08 0:25 ` Armin Wolf [this message]
2026-03-09 15:41 ` [PATCH 1/9] platform/x86: dell-descriptor: Use new buffer-based WMI API Mario Limonciello
2026-03-09 17:23 ` Pali Rohár
2026-03-09 19:45 ` Armin Wolf
2026-03-10 1:53 ` Mario Limonciello
2026-03-10 10:46 ` Gergo Koteles
2026-03-14 17:55 ` Armin Wolf
2026-03-08 0:25 ` [PATCH 2/9] platform/x86: dell-privacy: " Armin Wolf
2026-03-08 0:25 ` [PATCH 3/9] platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: " Armin Wolf
2026-03-08 0:25 ` [PATCH 4/9] platform/x86: dell-wmi-base: " Armin Wolf
2026-03-08 0:25 ` [PATCH 5/9] platform/x86: dell-ddv: " Armin Wolf
2026-03-08 0:25 ` [PATCH 6/9] hwmon: (dell-smm) " Armin Wolf
2026-03-08 14:52 ` Guenter Roeck
2026-03-08 20:03 ` Armin Wolf
2026-03-08 0:25 ` [PATCH 7/9] platform/wmi: Make wmi_bus_class const Armin Wolf
2026-03-08 0:25 ` [PATCH 8/9] platform/wmi: Make sysfs attributes const Armin Wolf
2026-03-08 0:25 ` [PATCH 9/9] modpost: Handle malformed WMI GUID strings Armin Wolf
2026-03-09 16:07 ` Mario Limonciello
2026-03-14 17:56 ` Armin Wolf
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