linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] hwmon: (occ) Start sequence number at one

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Date:   Tue,  9 Feb 2021 11:12:34 -0600
From:   Eddie James <eajames@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-fsi@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        jk@...abs.org, joel@....id.au, alistair@...ple.id.au,
        jdelvare@...e.com, linux@...ck-us.net,
        Eddie James <eajames@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] hwmon: (occ) Start sequence number at one

Initialize the sequence number at one, rather than zero, in order
to prevent false matches with the zero-initialized OCC SRAM
buffer before the OCC is fully initialized.

Signed-off-by: Eddie James <eajames@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c b/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c
index 7a5e539b567b..ee0c5d12dfdf 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c
@@ -1150,6 +1150,8 @@ int occ_setup(struct occ *occ, const char *name)
 {
 	int rc;
 
+	/* start with 1 to avoid false match with zero-initialized SRAM buffer */
+	occ->seq_no = 1;
 	mutex_init(&occ->lock);
 	occ->groups[0] = &occ->group;
 
-- 
2.27.0