Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Add sysfs to display details of damaged device.

From: Mario Limonciello
Date: Wed Dec 10 2025 - 11:45:53 EST


On 12/10/25 10:27 AM, Nitin wrote:
Hi Mario,

Thank you for your comments.

On 12/11/25 00:43, Mario Limonciello wrote:
On 12/10/25 9:11 AM, Nitin Joshi wrote:
Add new sysfs interface to identify the impacted component with location of
device.

Reviewed-by: Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nitin Joshi<nitjoshi@xxxxxxxxx>
---
  .../admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst     |  13 +-
  drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/thinkpad_acpi.c   | 112 +++++++++++++++++-
  2 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst b/ Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
index 94349e5f1298..3a9190ac47d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power.
  Hardware damage detection capability
  -----------------
  -sysfs attributes: hwdd_status
+sysfs attributes: hwdd_status, hwdd_detail
    Thinkpads are adding the ability to detect and report hardware damage.
  Add new sysfs interface to identify the damaged device status.
@@ -1594,6 +1594,17 @@ This value displays status of device damaged
  - 0 = Not Damaged
  - 1 = Damaged
  +The command to check location of damaged device is::
+
+        cat /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/hwdd_detail
+
+This value displays location of damaged device having 1 line per damaged "item".
+For example:
+if no damage is detected:
+  No damage detected
+if damage detected:
+  TYPE-C: Base, Right side, Center port
+
  The property is read-only. If feature is not supported then sysfs
  attribute is not created.
  diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/ platform/x86/lenovo/thinkpad_acpi.c
index 4cf365550bcb..a092d57d995d 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -11089,8 +11089,24 @@ static const struct attribute_group auxmac_attr_group = {
  #define HWDD_NOT_SUPPORTED    BIT(31)
  #define HWDD_SUPPORT_USBC    BIT(0)
  -#define PORT_STATUS        GENMASK(7, 4)
-#define NUM_PORTS        4
+#define PORT_STATUS     GENMASK(7, 4)
+#define LID_STATUS      GENMASK(11, 8)
+#define BASE_STATUS     GENMASK(15, 12)
+#define POS_STATUS      GENMASK(3, 2)
+#define PANEL_STATUS    GENMASK(1, 0)
+
+#define PORT_DETAIL_OFFSET    16
+
+#define PANEL_TOP    0
+#define PANEL_BASE    1
+#define PANEL_LEFT    2
+#define PANEL_RIGHT    3
+
+#define POS_LEFT    0
+#define POS_CENTER    1
+#define POS_RIGHT    2
+
+#define NUM_PORTS    4
    static bool hwdd_support_available;
  static bool ucdd_supported;
@@ -11108,7 +11124,95 @@ static int hwdd_command(int command, int *output)
      return 0;
  }
  -/* sysfs type-c damage detection capability */
+static bool display_damage(char *buf, int *count, char *type, unsigned int dmg_status)
+{
+    unsigned char lid_status, base_status, port_status;
+    unsigned char loc_status, pos_status, panel_status;
+    bool damage_detected = false;
+    int i;
+
+    port_status = FIELD_GET(PORT_STATUS, dmg_status);
+    lid_status = FIELD_GET(LID_STATUS, dmg_status);
+    base_status = FIELD_GET(BASE_STATUS, dmg_status);
+    for (i = 0; i < NUM_PORTS; i++) {
+        if (!(dmg_status & BIT(i)))
+            continue;
+
+        if (port_status & BIT(i)) {
+            *count += sysfs_emit_at(buf, *count, "%s: ", type);
+            loc_status = (dmg_status >> (PORT_DETAIL_OFFSET + (4 * i))) & 0xF;
+            pos_status = FIELD_GET(POS_STATUS, loc_status);
+            panel_status = FIELD_GET(PANEL_STATUS, loc_status);
+
+            if (lid_status & BIT(i))
+                *count += sysfs_emit_at(buf, *count, "Lid, ");
+            if (base_status & BIT(i))
+                *count += sysfs_emit_at(buf, *count, "Base, ");
+
+            switch (pos_status) {
+            case PANEL_TOP:
+                *count += sysfs_emit_at(buf, *count, "Top, ");
+                break;
+            case PANEL_BASE:
+                *count += sysfs_emit_at(buf, *count, "Bottom, ");
+                break;
+            case PANEL_LEFT:
+                *count += sysfs_emit_at(buf, *count, "Left, ");
+                break;
+            case PANEL_RIGHT:
+                *count += sysfs_emit_at(buf, *count, "Right, ");
+                break;
+            default:
+                pr_err("Unexpected value %d in switch statement\n", pos_status);
+            };
+
+            switch (panel_status) {
+            case POS_LEFT:
+                *count += sysfs_emit_at(buf, *count, "Left port\n");
+                break;
+            case POS_CENTER:
+                *count += sysfs_emit_at(buf, *count, "Center port\n");
+                break;
+            case POS_RIGHT:
+                *count += sysfs_emit_at(buf, *count, "Right port\n");
+                break;
+            default:
+                *count += sysfs_emit_at(buf, *count, "Undefined\n");
+                break;
+            };
+            damage_detected = true;
+        }
+    }
+    return damage_detected;
+}
+
+/* sysfs type-c damage detection detail */
+static ssize_t hwdd_detail_show(struct device *dev,
+                struct device_attribute *attr,
+                char *buf)
+{
+    bool damage_detected = false;
+    unsigned int damage_status;
+    int err, count = 0;
+
+
+    if (ucdd_supported) {
+        /* Get USB TYPE-C damage status */
+        err = hwdd_command(HWDD_GET_DMG_USBC, &damage_status);
+        if (err)
+            return err;
+
+        if (display_damage(buf, &count, "Type-C", damage_status))
+            damage_detected = true;
+    }

Since this is always visible aren't you missing a case for ! ucdd_supported?  I would think you should be returning -ENODEV.

In actual, this condition should never occur as only USB Type-C is supported  in this ASL method but i think it's ok to add this check, if there is any benefit.

In this case, is it recommended to add such case like  !ucdd_supported?

Also, if new device id like type-a etc..  is added in future then we need to include corresponding device id supported also in this check to make sysfs visible.


Although arguably it would be better to control visibility of the sysfs attribute based upon ucdd_supported.  You can simplify hwdd_detail_show() too then.

If new device id is added in future then we need to add additional flag to control visibility of sysfs .

At this moment , i cant see anything obvious to be simplified in hwdd_detail_show() . Did i missed something ?

Well my comment was specifically upon visibility. If you avoid attribute being visible conditional on ucdd_supported, you don't need to actually check this in *_show().



+
+    if (!damage_detected)
+        count += sysfs_emit_at(buf, count, "No damage detected\n");
+
+    return count;
+}
+
+/* sysfs typc damage detection capability */
  static ssize_t hwdd_status_show(struct device *dev,
                  struct device_attribute *attr,
                  char *buf)
@@ -11134,9 +11238,11 @@ static ssize_t hwdd_status_show(struct device *dev,
      return sysfs_emit(buf, "0\n");
  }
  static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(hwdd_status);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(hwdd_detail);
    static struct attribute *hwdd_attributes[] = {
      &dev_attr_hwdd_status.attr,
+    &dev_attr_hwdd_detail.attr,
      NULL
  };
Thank you !