linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] platform/x86: wmi: Cleanup obsolete features

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Date:   Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:24:54 +0100
From:   Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To:     Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>, ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com,
        corbet@....net
Cc:     Dell.Client.Kernel@...l.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] platform/x86: wmi: Cleanup obsolete features

Hi,

On 12/10/23 21:24, Armin Wolf wrote:
> This patch series removes three features deemed obsolete:
> - the debug_dump_wdg module param:
>   - suffers from garbled output due to pr_cont()
>   - functionality is better provided by "fwts wmi"
> - the debug_event module param:
>   - pr_cont() usage
>   - uses the deprecated GUID-based API
>   - largely replaced by the ACPI netlink interface
> - ioctl interface
>   - used only by a single driver, no adoption otherwise
>   - numerous design issues
> 
> Since the ioctl interface is actually used by userspace programs,
> the only user (the dell-smbios-wmi driver) was modified to implement
> the necessary pieces itself so that no regressions are expected.
> 
> The series depends on
> commit cbf54f37600e ("platform/x86: wmi: Skip blocks with zero instances"),
> which is currently in the "fixes" tree.
> 
> All patches where tested on a Dell Inspiron 3505 and work without
> issues.

Thank you for your patch-series, I've applied the series to my
review-hans branch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pdx86/platform-drivers-x86.git/log/?h=review-hans

Note it will show up in my review-hans branch once I've pushed my
local branch there, which might take a while.

Once I've run some tests on this branch the patches there will be
added to the platform-drivers-x86/for-next branch and eventually
will be included in the pdx86 pull-request to Linus for the next
merge-window.

Regards,

Hans







> Changes since v1:
> - add Reviewed-by to patches 1, 2 and 5
> - drop patch adding the driver development guide
> - rework error handling in dell-smbios-wmi
> 
> Armin Wolf (5):
>   platform/x86: wmi: Remove debug_dump_wdg module param
>   platform/x86: wmi: Remove debug_event module param
>   platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: Use devm_get_free_pages()
>   platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: Stop using WMI chardev
>   platform/x86: wmi: Remove chardev interface
> 
>  drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-smbios-wmi.c | 173 ++++++++----
>  drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c                  | 285 +-------------------
>  include/linux/wmi.h                         |   8 -
>  3 files changed, 132 insertions(+), 334 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> 2.39.2
>