Re: [PATCH] hwmon: f71882fg: properly acquire I/O regions whileprobing

From: Giel van Schijndel
Date: Wed Mar 24 2010 - 05:34:44 EST


On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:29:42AM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:12:15 +0100, Giel van Schijndel wrote:
>> static u16 f71882fg_read_temp(struct f71882fg_data *data, int nr)
>> @@ -2184,6 +2178,13 @@ static int __init f71882fg_find(int sioaddr, unsigned short *address,
>> int err = -ENODEV;
>> u16 devid;
>>
>> + /* Don't step on other driver's I/O space by accident */
>> + if (!request_region(sioaddr, 2, DRVNAME)) {
>> + printk(KERN_ERR DRVNAME ": I/O address 0x%04x already in use\n",
>> + (int)sioaddr);
>> + return -EIO;
>
> This is the wrong error code. This isn't an I/O error. You want -EBUSY.

Ack. New patch follows this line.
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hwmon: f71882fg: acquire I/O regions while we're working with them

Acquire the I/O region for the Super I/O chip while we're working on it.

Signed-off-by: Giel van Schijndel <me@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hwmon/f71882fg.c | 8 ++++++++
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/f71882fg.c b/drivers/hwmon/f71882fg.c
index ca34e5c..537841e 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/f71882fg.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/f71882fg.c
@@ -2178,6 +2178,13 @@ static int __init f71882fg_find(int sioaddr, unsigned short *address,
int err = -ENODEV;
u16 devid;

+ /* Don't step on other drivers' I/O space by accident */
+ if (!request_region(sioaddr, 2, DRVNAME)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR DRVNAME ": I/O address 0x%04x already in use\n",
+ (int)sioaddr);
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
superio_enter(sioaddr);

devid = superio_inw(sioaddr, SIO_REG_MANID);
@@ -2232,6 +2239,7 @@ static int __init f71882fg_find(int sioaddr, unsigned short *address,
(int)superio_inb(sioaddr, SIO_REG_DEVREV));
exit:
superio_exit(sioaddr);
+ release_region(sioaddr, 2);
return err;
}

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1.6.4.4

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Met vriendelijke groet,
With kind regards,
Giel van Schijndel

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