From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: "Mark Pearson" <mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca>,
"Derek J. Clark" <derekjohn.clark@gmail.com>,
"Hans de Goede" <hansg@kernel.org>,
"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] platform/x86: think-lmi: Keep pending save state on failure
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:08:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260810120830.149804-3-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)
In save_settings_store(), the opcode and legacy password paths do not
check if saving BIOS settings failed, but instead unconditionally clear
save_required and set reboot_required, losing the pending save state.
Check the save result in those paths too.
Fixes: 318d97849fc2 ("platform/x86: think-lmi: Add bulk save feature")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/think-lmi.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/think-lmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/think-lmi.c
index e215e86e3db7..cc0a85d1b832 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/think-lmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/think-lmi.c
@@ -1347,6 +1347,8 @@ static ssize_t save_settings_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *
goto out;
}
ret = tlmi_save_bios_settings("");
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
} else { /* old non-opcode based authentication method (deprecated) */
if (tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->pwd_enabled && tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->password[0]) {
auth_str = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s,%s,%s;",
@@ -1363,6 +1365,8 @@ static ssize_t save_settings_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *
ret = tlmi_save_bios_settings(auth_str);
else
ret = tlmi_save_bios_settings("");
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
}
tlmi_priv.save_required = false;
tlmi_priv.reboot_required = true;
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-10 12:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-10 12:08 Thorsten Blum [this message]
2026-08-11 19:29 ` [PATCH] platform/x86: think-lmi: Keep pending save state on failure Mark Pearson
2026-08-11 20:39 ` Thorsten Blum
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