[PATCH] platform/x86: alienware-wmi-base: Transition to new WMI API
From: Kurt Borja
Date: Mon Mar 30 2026 - 11:58:33 EST
Transition to the new wmi_buffer based WMI API.
Signed-off-by: Kurt Borja <kuurtb@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-base.c | 29 ++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-base.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-base.c
index 64562b92314f..ef2b4893b7b5 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-base.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-base.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
#include <linux/acpi.h>
-#include <linux/cleanup.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/dmi.h>
@@ -150,23 +149,27 @@ u8 alienware_interface;
int alienware_wmi_command(struct wmi_device *wdev, u32 method_id,
void *in_args, size_t in_size, u32 *out_data)
{
- struct acpi_buffer out = {ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL};
- struct acpi_buffer in = {in_size, in_args};
- acpi_status ret;
+ struct wmi_buffer out, in = {
+ .data = in_args,
+ .length = in_size,
+ };
+ int ret;
- ret = wmidev_evaluate_method(wdev, 0, method_id, &in, out_data ? &out : NULL);
- if (ACPI_FAILURE(ret))
- return -EIO;
+ ret = wmidev_invoke_method(wdev, 0, method_id, &in, out_data ? &out : NULL);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
- union acpi_object *obj __free(kfree) = out.pointer;
+ if (!out_data)
+ return 0;
- if (out_data) {
- if (obj && obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER)
- *out_data = (u32)obj->integer.value;
- else
- return -ENOMSG;
+ if (out.length < sizeof(*out_data)) {
+ kfree(out.data);
+ return -ENOMSG;
}
+ *out_data = *(u32 *)out.data;
+ kfree(out.data);
+
return 0;
}
---
base-commit: fab7c51693e95aa874d6d9db22bfae7bd0b23c66
change-id: 20260123-aw-new-api-1c18f1011f35
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Thanks,
~ Kurt