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Message-ID: <CAFqHKTkti-cA-9na0wx8bAyn-_ez2+mD_Mh8DGUa46ktkSjZsg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:43:10 -0800
From: Derek John Clark <derekjohn.clark@...il.com>
To: Rong Zhang <i@...g.moe>
Cc: Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@...ebb.ca>, Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>,
Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>, Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/7] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-{capdata,other}: Add
HWMON for fan speed
On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM Rong Zhang <i@...g.moe> wrote:
>
> Lenovo WMI Other Mode interface also supports querying or setting fan
> speed RPM. This capability is described by LENOVO_CAPABILITY_DATA_00.
> Besides, LENOVO_FAN_TEST_DATA provides reference data for self-test of
> cooling fans, including minimum and maximum fan speed RPM.
>
> This patchset turns lenovo-wmi-capdata01 into a unified driver (now
> named lenovo-wmi-capdata) for LENOVO_CAPABILITY_DATA_{00,01} and
> LENOVO_FAN_TEST_DATA; then adds HWMON support for lenovo-wmi-other:
>
> - fanX_enable: enable/disable the fan (tunable)
> - fanX_input: current RPM
> - fanX_max: maximum RPM
> - fanX_min: minimum RPM
> - fanX_target: target RPM (tunable)
>
> LENOVO_CAPABILITY_DATA_{00,01} presents on all devices, so
> both binds to lenovo-wmi-other. However, some device does not have
> LENOVO_FAN_TEST_DATA and its presence is described by
> LENOVO_CAPABILITY_DATA_00; hence, the former binds to the latter and a
> callback is used to pass the data to lenovo-wmi-other.
>
> Summarizing this scheme:
>
> lenovo-wmi-other <-> capdata00 <-> capdata_fan
> |- master |- component
> |- sub-master
> |- sub-component
>
> The callback will be called once both the master and the sub-component
> are bound to the sub-master (component).
>
> This scheme is essential to solve these issues:
> - The component framework only supports one aggregation per master
> - A binding is only established until all components are found
> - The Fan Test Data interface may be missing on some devices
> - To get rid of queries for the presence of WMI GUIDs
> - The notifier framework cannot cleanly connect capdata_fan to
> lenovo-wmi-other without introducing assumptions on probing sequence
>
> capdata00 is registered as a component and a sub-master on probe,
> instead of chaining the registrations in one's bind callback. This is
> because calling (un)registration methods of the component framework
> causes deadlock in (un)bind callbacks, i.e., it's impossible to register
> capdata00 as a sub-master/component in its component/sub-master bind
> callback, and vice versa.
>
> The implementation does not rely on a specific binding sequence. This
> has been fuzz-tested using:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> DRV_DIR=/sys/bus/wmi/drivers/lenovo_wmi_cd
> CAPDATA_GUIDS=(
> $(find "$DRV_DIR"/ -name '*-*-*-*-*-*' -printf "%f ")
> )
>
> b() { sudo tee "$DRV_DIR"/bind <<<"$1"; }
> u() { sudo tee "$DRV_DIR"/unbind <<<"$1"; }
>
> for guid in "${CAPDATA_GUIDS[@]}"; do
> u "$guid"
> done
>
> while read -rsa perm; do
> for guid in "${perm[@]}"; do
> b "$guid"
> done
> sensors | grep -A3 lenovo_wmi_other || true
> for guid in "${perm[@]}"; do
> u "$guid"
> done
> done < <(python3 -c "
> from itertools import permutations
> ps = permutations('${CAPDATA_GUIDS[*]}'.split())
> for p in ps: print(' '.join(p))")
>
> for guid in "${CAPDATA_GUIDS[@]}"; do
> b "$guid"
> done
>
> Tested on ThinkBook 14 G7+ ASP.
>
> Changes in v7:
> - Fix missing #include (thanks Ilpo Järvinen)
> - Fix formatting issues (ditto)
> - dev_dbg() instead of dev_info() on probe success (ditto)
> - Rearrange to drop some gotos (ditto)
> - Move the declarations of __free()-managed variables to where they are
> assigned (ditto)
> - Improve the readability of struct definition and error paths (ditto)
> - Prevent back-and-forth changes (ditto)
> - Fix mistakenly inverted boundary check
> - Emit unaligned access to Fan Test Data's WMI block
> - Properly calculate array index when we truncate Fan Test Data
> - Fix typo
> - Link to v6: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251122184522.18677-1-i@rong.moe/
>
> Changes in v6:
> - Fix mistaken error paths
> - Link to v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251114175927.52533-1-i@rong.moe/
>
> Changes in v5:
> - Do not cast pointer to non-pointer or vice versa (thanks kernel test
> robot)
> - Fix missing include (ditto)
> - Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251113191152.96076-1-i@rong.moe/
>
> Changes in v4:
> - Get rid of wmi_has_guid() (thanks Armin Wolf's inspiration)
> - Add [PATCH v4 6/7], please review & test
> - Check 0x04050000.supported and bind capdata_fan to capdata00
> - Rework HWMON registration
> - Collect fan info from capdata00 and capdata_fan separately
> - Use a callback to collect fan info from capdata_fan
> - Trigger HWMON registration only if all fan info is collected
> - Do not check 0x04050000.supported, implied by the presence of
> capdata_fan
> - Drop Reviewed-by & Tested-by from [PATCH v4 7/7] due to the changes,
> please review & test
> - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251031155349.24693-1-i@rong.moe/
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Fix grammar (thanks Derek J. Clark)
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251030193955.107148-1-i@rong.moe/
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Add a workaround for ACPI methods that return a 4B buffer for u32
> (thanks Armin Wolf)
> - Fix function documentation (thanks kernel test bot)
> - Reword documentation (thanks Derek J. Clark)
> - Squash min/max reporting patch into the initial HWMON one (ditto)
> - Query 0x04050000 for interface availability (ditto)
> - New parameter "expose_all_fans" to skip this check
> - Enforce min/max RPM constraint on set (ditto)
> - New parameter "relax_fan_constraint" to disable this behavior
> - Drop parameter "ignore_fan_cap", superseded by the next one
> - New parameter "expose_all_fans" to expose fans w/o such data
> - Assume auto mode on probe (ditto)
> - Do not register HWMON device if no fan can be exposed
> - fanX_target: Return -EBUSY instead of raw target value when fan stops
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251019210450.88830-1-i@rong.moe/
>
> Rong Zhang (7):
> platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-helpers: Convert returned buffer into u32
> platform/x86: Rename lenovo-wmi-capdata01 to lenovo-wmi-capdata
> platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-{capdata,other}: Support multiple Capability
> Data
> platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-capdata: Add support for Capability Data 00
> platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-capdata: Add support for Fan Test Data
> platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-capdata: Wire up Fan Test Data
> platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-other: Add HWMON for fan reporting/tuning
>
> .../wmi/devices/lenovo-wmi-other.rst | 43 +-
> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/Kconfig | 5 +-
> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/Makefile | 2 +-
> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-capdata.c | 812 ++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-capdata.h | 65 ++
> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-capdata01.c | 302 -------
> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-capdata01.h | 25 -
> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-helpers.c | 21 +-
> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-other.c | 515 ++++++++++-
> 9 files changed, 1433 insertions(+), 357 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-capdata.c
> create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-capdata.h
> delete mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-capdata01.c
> delete mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-capdata01.h
>
>
> base-commit: ac3fd01e4c1efce8f2c054cdeb2ddd2fc0fb150d
> --
> 2.51.0
>
Rong,
Everything seems to be working as expected on unsupported devices.
[ 4.398189] lenovo_wmi_other
DC2A8805-3A8C-41BA-A6F7-092E0089CD3B-3: bound
362A3AFE-3D96-4665-8530-96DAD5BB300E-13 (ops lwmi_cd_component_ops
[lenovo_wmi_capdata])
[ 4.398203] lenovo_wmi_other
DC2A8805-3A8C-41BA-A6F7-092E0089CD3B-3: bound
7A8F5407-CB67-4D6E-B547-39B3BE018154-9 (ops lwmi_cd_component_ops
[lenovo_wmi_capdata])
[ 4.398208] lenovo_wmi_other
DC2A8805-3A8C-41BA-A6F7-092E0089CD3B-3: fan reporting/tuning is
unsupported on this device
Obviously I can only test so far, but for where it makes sense on the
series (through to 6/7) where it is missing you can add my tag
Tested-by: Derek J. Clark <derekjohn.clark@...il.com>
And for the entire series where it is missing:
Reviewed-by: Derek J. Clark <derekjohn.clark@...il.com
As an aside, I'll likely need you to test a future patch series I'm
working on for regressions after this is accepted as I will touch the
hwmon interface a lot when adding fan curve auto points from the
cd01/om interfaces.
Thanks,
- Derek
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