ACK: [PATCH Precise SRU] mei: add mei_quirk_probe function
Colin Ian King
colin.king at canonical.com
Fri Aug 24 13:33:31 UTC 2012
On 24/08/12 13:40, Tim Gardner wrote:
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1041164
>
> The main purpose of this function is to exclude ME devices
> without support for MEI/HECI interface from binding
>
> Currently affected systems are C600/X79 based servers
> that expose PCI device even though it doesn't supported ME Interface.
> MEI driver accessing such nonfunctional device can corrupt
> the system.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
> (back ported from commit a2f6985332d2564e443d9d889ce70f39b3293d09)
>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/mei/main.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/mei/main.c b/drivers/staging/mei/main.c
> index eb05c36..44ed7a8 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/mei/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/mei/main.c
> @@ -106,6 +106,27 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, mei_pci_tbl);
> static DEFINE_MUTEX(mei_mutex);
>
> /**
> + * mei_quirk_probe - probe for devices that doesn't valid ME interface
> + * @pdev: PCI device structure
> + * @ent: entry into pci_device_table
> + *
> + * returns true if ME Interface is valid, false otherwise
> + */
> +static bool __devinit mei_quirk_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> + const struct pci_device_id *ent)
> +{
> + u32 reg;
> + if (ent->device == MEI_DEV_ID_PBG_1) {
> + pci_read_config_dword(pdev, 0x48, ®);
> + /* make sure that bit 9 is up and bit 10 is down */
> + if ((reg & 0x600) == 0x200) {
> + dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Device doesn't have valid ME Interface\n");
> + return false;
> + }
> + }
> + return true;
> +}
> +/**
> * mei_probe - Device Initialization Routine
> *
> * @pdev: PCI device structure
> @@ -120,6 +141,12 @@ static int __devinit mei_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> int err;
>
> mutex_lock(&mei_mutex);
> +
> + if (!mei_quirk_probe(pdev, ent)) {
> + err = -ENODEV;
> + goto end;
> + }
> +
> if (mei_device) {
> err = -EEXIST;
> goto end;
>
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