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Message-ID: <20220829135039.GA37694@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Mon, 29 Aug 2022 06:50:39 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
Cc:     pali@...nel.org, jdelvare@...e.com, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] hwmon: (dell-smm) Add FW_BUG to SMM warning
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On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 07:40:52PM +0200, Armin Wolf wrote:
> When a SMM call takes very long to execute, then it definitely
> is a firmware bug which should be marked with FW_BUG.
> Also add the number of the buggy SMM call to the warning message
> so BIOS developers, etc immediately know which part of the SMM
> interface is buggy.
> 

I am not going to apply this patch.

It is well known that some of those calls take forever to execute,
and the current limit is just an assumption. This may be a firmware
bug, or it works as expected. We simply don't know, and we can not
declare it to be a firmware bug unless we have confirmation from Dell.

Guenter

> Tested on a Dell Inspiron 3505.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
> ---
>  drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --
> 2.30.2
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
> index 7f8d95dd2717..9cac80358072 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
>  #include <linux/module.h>
>  #include <linux/mutex.h>
>  #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> +#include <linux/printk.h>
>  #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
>  #include <linux/seq_file.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
> @@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ static int i8k_smm_func(void *par)
>  		 eax, ebx, regs->eax & 0xffff, carry, duration);
> 
>  	if (duration > DELL_SMM_MAX_DURATION)
> -		pr_warn_once("SMM call took %lld usecs!\n", duration);
> +		pr_warn_once(FW_BUG "SMM call 0x%.4x took %lld usecs!\n", eax, duration);
> 
>  	if (carry || (regs->eax & 0xffff) == 0xffff || regs->eax == eax)
>  		return -EINVAL;