BIOS sets incorrect value (zero) when SET value passed for integer attribute
with + sign. Added workaround to remove + sign before passing input to BIOS
Co-developed-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limoncie...@dell.com>
Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limoncie...@dell.com>
Co-developed-by: Prasanth KSR <prasanth....@dell.com>
Signed-off-by: Prasanth KSR <prasanth....@dell.com>
Signed-off-by: Divya Bharathi <divya.bhara...@dell.com>
---
drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman/int-attributes.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman/int-attributes.c
b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman/int-attributes.c
index ea773d8e8d3a..f30d155135c3 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman/int-attributes.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman/int-attributes.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static ssize_t current_value_show(struct kobject *kobj,
struct kobj_attribute *a
* @instance_id: The instance on which input is validated
* @buf: Input value
*/
-static int validate_integer_input(int instance_id, const char *buf)
+static int validate_integer_input(int instance_id, char *buf)
{
int in_val;
int ret;
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ static int validate_integer_input(int instance_id, const
char *buf)
in_val > wmi_priv.integer_data[instance_id].max_value)
return -EINVAL;
+ /* workaround for BIOS error.
+ * validate input to avoid setting 0 when integer input passed with +
sign
+ */
+ if (*buf == '+')
+ memmove(buf, (buf + 1), strlen(buf));
+
return ret;
}
--
2.25.1
