From: Jaime Saguillo Revilla <jaime.saguillo@gmail.com>
To: linux@roeck-us.net
Cc: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Jaime Saguillo Revilla <jaime.saguillo@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] hwmon: ibmpex: check ibmpex_send_message() return value
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:35:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310203555.33896-1-jaime.saguillo@gmail.com> (raw)
Several ibmpex request helpers ignore the return value of
ibmpex_send_message() and then unconditionally wait for
read_complete.
If transmit fails, no response will arrive and the code may wait
indefinitely. Check ibmpex_send_message() return values and
propagate errors to callers instead of continuing.
Also propagate reset command failures through
ibmpex_high_low_store().
Signed-off-by: Jaime Saguillo Revilla <jaime.saguillo@gmail.com>
---
drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c
index dec730798d58..92cda205e57c 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c
@@ -133,9 +133,13 @@ static int ibmpex_send_message(struct ibmpex_bmc_data *data)
static int ibmpex_ver_check(struct ibmpex_bmc_data *data)
{
+ int err;
+
data->tx_msg_data[0] = PEX_GET_VERSION;
data->tx_message.data_len = 1;
- ibmpex_send_message(data);
+ err = ibmpex_send_message(data);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
wait_for_completion(&data->read_complete);
@@ -159,9 +163,13 @@ static int ibmpex_ver_check(struct ibmpex_bmc_data *data)
static int ibmpex_query_sensor_count(struct ibmpex_bmc_data *data)
{
+ int err;
+
data->tx_msg_data[0] = PEX_GET_SENSOR_COUNT;
data->tx_message.data_len = 1;
- ibmpex_send_message(data);
+ err = ibmpex_send_message(data);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
wait_for_completion(&data->read_complete);
@@ -173,10 +181,14 @@ static int ibmpex_query_sensor_count(struct ibmpex_bmc_data *data)
static int ibmpex_query_sensor_name(struct ibmpex_bmc_data *data, int sensor)
{
+ int err;
+
data->tx_msg_data[0] = PEX_GET_SENSOR_NAME;
data->tx_msg_data[1] = sensor;
data->tx_message.data_len = 2;
- ibmpex_send_message(data);
+ err = ibmpex_send_message(data);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
wait_for_completion(&data->read_complete);
@@ -188,10 +200,14 @@ static int ibmpex_query_sensor_name(struct ibmpex_bmc_data *data, int sensor)
static int ibmpex_query_sensor_data(struct ibmpex_bmc_data *data, int sensor)
{
+ int err;
+
data->tx_msg_data[0] = PEX_GET_SENSOR_DATA;
data->tx_msg_data[1] = sensor;
data->tx_message.data_len = 2;
- ibmpex_send_message(data);
+ err = ibmpex_send_message(data);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
wait_for_completion(&data->read_complete);
@@ -206,9 +222,13 @@ static int ibmpex_query_sensor_data(struct ibmpex_bmc_data *data, int sensor)
static int ibmpex_reset_high_low_data(struct ibmpex_bmc_data *data)
{
+ int err;
+
data->tx_msg_data[0] = PEX_RESET_HIGH_LOW;
data->tx_message.data_len = 1;
- ibmpex_send_message(data);
+ err = ibmpex_send_message(data);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
wait_for_completion(&data->read_complete);
@@ -276,8 +296,11 @@ static ssize_t ibmpex_high_low_store(struct device *dev,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
struct ibmpex_bmc_data *data = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+ int err;
- ibmpex_reset_high_low_data(data);
+ err = ibmpex_reset_high_low_data(data);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
return count;
}
--
2.34.1
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2026-03-10 20:35 Jaime Saguillo Revilla [this message]
2026-03-13 18:45 ` [PATCH] hwmon: ibmpex: check ibmpex_send_message() return value Guenter Roeck
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