Re: [PATCH 07/12] platform/x86: dell-wmi-smbios: Use Dell WMI descriptor check

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Sep 21 2017 - 12:44:34 EST


On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Mario Limonciello
<mario.limonciello@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The Dell WMI descriptor check is used as an indication that WMI
> calls are safe to run both when used with the notification
> ASL/GUID pair as well as the SMBIOS calling ASL/GUID pair.
>
> As some code in dell-wmi-smbios is already a prerequisite for
> dell-wmi, move the code for performing the descriptor check into
> dell-wmi-smbios and let both drivers use it from there.

> + desc_buffer = (u32 *)obj->buffer.pointer;
> +

> + if (desc_buffer[0] != 0x4C4C4544 && desc_buffer[1] != 0x494D5720)

I was thinking about strncmp() here for a full line, though decide not
to push it anyhow. Those IDs is binary data, can be anything and you
have comment of what is expected here.

But I think it would be nice to create a separate definitions and make
comments there.

> + dev_warn(&wdev->dev, "Dell descriptor buffer has invalid signature (%*ph)\n",
> + 8, desc_buffer);

%8ph ?

> +
> + if (desc_buffer[2] != 0 && desc_buffer[2] != 1)
> + dev_warn(&wdev->dev, "Dell descriptor buffer has unknown version (%d)\n",
> + desc_buffer[2]);

%u ? u32 can't be negative and you basically allow it.

> +
> + if (desc_buffer[3] != 4096)
> + dev_warn(&wdev->dev, "Dell descriptor buffer has invalid buffer length (%d)\n",
> + desc_buffer[3]);

Ditto.


P.S. I noticed this all in old code, so, you can address my comments
in a separate patch if you find them useful.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko