linux-kernel - Re: [v2] hwmon: (scpi) skip unsupported sensors properly

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Date:	Mon, 16 Nov 2015 19:37:14 +0000
From:	Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@....com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, lm-sensors@...sensors.org
Subject: Re: [v2] hwmon: (scpi) skip unsupported sensors properly

Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> writes:

> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 05:17:31PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>> Currently it's assumed that firmware exports only the class of sensors
>> supported by the driver. However with newer firmware or SCPI protocol
>> revision, support for newer classes of sensors can be present.
>> 
>> The driver fails to probe with the following warning if an unsupported
>> class of sensor is encountered in the firmware.
>> 
>> sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename
>> 	'/devices/platform/scpi/scpi:sensors/hwmon/hwmon0/'
>> ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:31
>> Modules linked in:
>> 
>> CPU: 0 PID: 6 Comm: kworker/u12:0 Not tainted 4.3.0-rc7 #137
>> Hardware name: ARM Juno development board (r0) (DT)
>> Workqueue: deferwq deferred_probe_work_func
>> PC is at sysfs_warn_dup+0x54/0x78
>> LR is at sysfs_warn_dup+0x54/0x78
>> 
>> This patch fixes the above issue by skipping through the unsupported
>> class of SCPI sensors.
>> 
>> Fixes: 68acc77a2d51 ("hwmon: Support thermal zones registration for SCP temperature sensors")
>> Fixes: ea98b29a05e9 ("hwmon: Support sensors exported via ARM SCP interface")
>> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
>> Reviewed-by: Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@....com>
>> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
>> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
>
> In the assumption that this patch can now be applied, I queued it up
> for the next -rc.

Looks like our emails crossed on the wire. :)

Thanks for applying the patch.

Punit

>
> Guenter
>
>> ---
>>  drivers/hwmon/scpi-hwmon.c | 21 +++++++++++----------
>>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>> 

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