From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:34124 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751969AbdFLIzh (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jun 2017 04:55:37 -0400 Subject: Patch "mei: make sysfs modalias format similar as uevent modalias" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree To: panand@redhat.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, tomas.winkler@intel.com Cc: , From: Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:55:23 +0200 Message-ID: <14972577233334@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled mei: make sysfs modalias format similar as uevent modalias to the 4.11-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: mei-make-sysfs-modalias-format-similar-as-uevent-modalias.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.11 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let know about it. >>From 6f9193ec044a8f72d8b6ae94a5c4ab6e8b0f00ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pratyush Anand Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 22:08:24 +0300 Subject: mei: make sysfs modalias format similar as uevent modalias From: Pratyush Anand commit 6f9193ec044a8f72d8b6ae94a5c4ab6e8b0f00ca upstream. modprobe is not able to resolve sysfs modalias for mei devices. # cat /sys/class/watchdog/watchdog0/device/watchdog/watchdog0/device/modalias mei::05b79a6f-4628-4d7f-899d-a91514cb32ab: # modprobe --set-version 4.9.6-200.fc25.x86_64 -R mei::05b79a6f-4628-4d7f-899d-a91514cb32ab: modprobe: FATAL: Module mei::05b79a6f-4628-4d7f-899d-a91514cb32ab: not found in directory /lib/modules/4.9.6-200.fc25.x86_64 # cat /lib/modules/4.9.6-200.fc25.x86_64/modules.alias | grep 05b79a6f-4628-4d7f-899d-a91514cb32ab alias mei:*:05b79a6f-4628-4d7f-899d-a91514cb32ab:*:* mei_wdt commit b26864cad1c9 ("mei: bus: add client protocol version to the device alias"), however sysfs modalias is still in formmat mei:S:uuid:*. This patch equates format of uevent and sysfs modalias so that modprobe is able to resolve the aliases. Fixes: commit b26864cad1c9 ("mei: bus: add client protocol version to the device alias") Signed-off-by: Pratyush Anand Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/misc/mei/bus.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c @@ -763,8 +763,10 @@ static ssize_t modalias_show(struct devi { struct mei_cl_device *cldev = to_mei_cl_device(dev); const uuid_le *uuid = mei_me_cl_uuid(cldev->me_cl); + u8 version = mei_me_cl_ver(cldev->me_cl); - return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "mei:%s:%pUl:", cldev->name, uuid); + return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "mei:%s:%pUl:%02X:", + cldev->name, uuid, version); } static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(modalias); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from panand@redhat.com are queue-4.11/mei-make-sysfs-modalias-format-similar-as-uevent-modalias.patch