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From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@dell.com>
To: dvhart@infradead.org, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, pali.rohar@gmail.com,
	Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@dell.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] Account for uncorrectable failures in probing
Date: Fri,  3 Nov 2017 11:27:20 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1509725778.git.mario.limonciello@dell.com> (raw)

Pali raised some concerns around corner case scenarios that probing
may fail on dell-wmi-descriptor causing dell-wmi and dell-smbios-wmi
to be stuck in infinite deferred probing loops.

This patch series accounts for that corner case.

Changes since original submission:
- Add as second patch that catches potential NULL pointer
- Avoid potential race condition between driver init and calling
  check for if validation successful
Mario Limonciello (2):
  platform/x86: dell-wmi-descriptor: check if memory was allocated
  platform/x86: dell-*wmi*: Relay failed initial probe to dependent
    drivers

 drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-wmi.c     |  4 ++++
 drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-descriptor.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-descriptor.h |  7 +++++++
 drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c            |  5 +++++
 4 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

-- 
2.14.1

             reply	other threads:[~2017-11-03 16:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-11-03 16:27 Mario Limonciello [this message]
2017-11-03 16:27 ` [PATCH 1/2] platform/x86: dell-wmi-descriptor: check if memory was allocated Mario Limonciello
2017-11-09 12:07   ` Pali Rohár
2017-11-03 16:27 ` [PATCH 2/2] platform/x86: dell-*wmi*: Relay failed initial probe to dependent drivers Mario Limonciello
2017-11-04  0:53   ` Darren Hart
2017-11-04  3:25     ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-11-09 16:02   ` Pali Rohár
2017-11-09 16:13     ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-11-09 17:28       ` Pali Rohár
2017-11-09 17:34         ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-11-09 17:52           ` Darren Hart
2017-11-07 16:17 ` [PATCH 0/2] Account for uncorrectable failures in probing Mario.Limonciello

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