Hi,
On 12/2/20 7:56 AM, Divya Bharathi wrote:
> BIOS sets incorrect value (zero) when SET value passed for integer attribute
> with + sign. Added workaround to remove + sign before passing input to BIOS
>
> Co-developed-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limoncie...@dell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limoncie...@dell.com>
> Co-developed-by: Prasanth KSR <prasanth....@dell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Prasanth KSR <prasanth....@dell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Divya Bharathi <divya.bhara...@dell.com>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman/int-attributes.c | 8 +++++++-
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman/int-attributes.c
> b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman/int-attributes.c
> index ea773d8e8d3a..f30d155135c3 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman/int-attributes.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman/int-attributes.c
> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static ssize_t current_value_show(struct kobject *kobj,
> struct kobj_attribute *a
> * @instance_id: The instance on which input is validated
> * @buf: Input value
> */
> -static int validate_integer_input(int instance_id, const char *buf)
> +static int validate_integer_input(int instance_id, char *buf)
> {
> int in_val;
> int ret;
> @@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ static int validate_integer_input(int instance_id, const
> char *buf)
> in_val > wmi_priv.integer_data[instance_id].max_value)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> + /* workaround for BIOS error.
> + * validate input to avoid setting 0 when integer input passed with +
> sign
> + */
> + if (*buf == '+')
> + memmove(buf, (buf + 1), strlen(buf));
Can you please use "strlen(buf + 1) + 1" as last argument to the memmove?
I know the effect is the same but that makes it much clearer that you
are also moving the terminating 0 (which at first I thought you were not).
Otherwise this looks good to me.
Regards,
Hans
