linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4] platform/x86: think-lmi: Don't display unnecessary authentication settings

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Message-Id: <20230517181945.3725-4-mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca>
Date:   Wed, 17 May 2023 14:19:45 -0400
From:   Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@...ebb.ca>
To:     mpearson-lenovo@...ebb.ca
Cc:     hdegoede@...hat.com, markgross@...nel.org,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] platform/x86: think-lmi: Don't display unnecessary authentication settings

If Opcode support is available (which is the standard for all platforms
going forward) then there is no need to have the encoding and kbdlang
attributes visible

Signed-off-by: Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@...ebb.ca>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c
index 2d95b1a199fa..46500707f939 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c
@@ -879,6 +879,12 @@ static umode_t auth_attr_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	/* Don't display un-needed settings if opcode available */
+	if ((attr == &auth_encoding.attr ||
+	    attr == &auth_kbdlang.attr) &&
+	    tlmi_priv.opcode_support)
+		return 0;
+
 	return attr->mode;
 }
 
-- 
2.40.1