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Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:11:40 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:11:33 -0500 Message-Id: To: "Armin Wolf" , "Kurt Borja" , =?utf-8?q?Ilpo_J=C3=A4rvinen?= , "Hans de Goede" Cc: , , Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: alienware-wmi-base: Transition to new WMI API From: "Kurt Borja" X-Mailer: aerc 0.21.0-0-g5549850facc2 References: <20260330-aw-new-api-v1-1-95910bfa1b38@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: On Mon Mar 30, 2026 at 6:26 PM -05, Armin Wolf wrote: > Am 30.03.26 um 17:50 schrieb Kurt Borja: > >> Transition to the new wmi_buffer based WMI API. >> >> Signed-off-by: Kurt Borja >> --- >> drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-base.c | 29 ++++++++++++++----= -------- >> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-base.c b/drivers/pl= atform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-base.c >> index 64562b92314f..ef2b4893b7b5 100644 >> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-base.c >> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-base.c >> @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ >> #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt >> =20 >> #include >> -#include >> #include >> #include >> #include >> @@ -150,23 +149,27 @@ u8 alienware_interface; >> int alienware_wmi_command(struct wmi_device *wdev, u32 method_id, >> void *in_args, size_t in_size, u32 *out_data) >> { >> - struct acpi_buffer out =3D {ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL}; >> - struct acpi_buffer in =3D {in_size, in_args}; >> - acpi_status ret; >> + struct wmi_buffer out, in =3D { >> + .data =3D in_args, >> + .length =3D in_size, >> + }; >> + int ret; >> =20 >> - ret =3D wmidev_evaluate_method(wdev, 0, method_id, &in, out_data ? &ou= t : NULL); >> - if (ACPI_FAILURE(ret)) >> - return -EIO; >> + ret =3D wmidev_invoke_method(wdev, 0, method_id, &in, out_data ? &out = : NULL); >> + if (ret) >> + return ret; >> =20 >> - union acpi_object *obj __free(kfree) =3D out.pointer; >> + if (!out_data) >> + return 0; >> =20 >> - if (out_data) { >> - if (obj && obj->type =3D=3D ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) >> - *out_data =3D (u32)obj->integer.value; >> - else >> - return -ENOMSG; >> + if (out.length < sizeof(*out_data)) { >> + kfree(out.data); >> + return -ENOMSG; >> } >> =20 >> + *out_data =3D *(u32 *)out.data; > > Please cast the output data to a __le32 * and use le32_to_cpu() to take t= he endianess into account. > The rest looks fine to me. Hi Armin, Will do -- Thanks! > > Thanks, > Armin Wolf --=20 Thanks, ~ Kurt