Dne 3.2.2017 v 15:07 Guenter Roeck napsal(a):
> On 02/03/2017 05:28 AM, Petr Cvek wrote:
>> Dne 3.2.2017 v 04:31 Guenter Roeck napsal(a):
>>> On 02/02/2017 05:31 PM, Petr Cvek wrote:
>>>> Dne 2.2.2017 v 15:23 Andrew F. Davis napsal(a):
>>>>> On 02/01/2017 07:05 PM, Petr Cvek wrote:
>>>>>> Patch
>>>>>> w1: remove need for ida and use PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO
>>>>>> 098f9fb0c962eb2fdba5f9d34f4cf7a938237184
>>>>>>
>>>>>> causes a regression in the w1_ds2760 driver. Initialization creates a
>>>>>> name "ds2760-battery.0.auto". It seems that name of that size will cause
>>>>>> checking code in __thermal_cooling_device_register() from thermal_core.c
>>>>>> to fail as it checks for names shorter than 20 chars:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if (type && strlen(type) >= THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH)
>>>>>> return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A second problem seems to be with magician_supplicants list as
>>>>>> "ds2760-battery.0" does not match in a test power_supply_am_i_supplied()
>>>>>> in ds2760_battery_update_status() from
>>>>>> drivers/power/supply/ds2760_battery.c . This causes status flag to be
>>>>>> forever in POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_DISCHARGING state.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Functionality returned after I hotfix changed
>>>>>> (drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2760.c)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> pdev = platform_device_alloc("ds2760-battery", PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>
>>>>>> pdev = platform_device_alloc("ds2760-battery", 0);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which solution do you advise. Shortening the name let's say just to
>>>>>> "ds2760" (with changes to arch files, w1 files and supply files),
>>>>>> increasing THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH to let's say 32 (I don't know if this
>>>>>> doesn't break something other) or just reverting to the old behavior?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If 20 is no longer the max thermal name then THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH should
>>>>> be changed.
>>>>
>>>> Yes it is that ".auto" addition to "ds2760-battery.0" makes 21 chars long
>>>> string. With higher number (".10" onwards) it is 22 chars. Load of the
>>>> module then fails at test in thermal_zone_device_register():
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c?id=refs/tags/v4.10-rc6#n1158
>>>>
>>>> if (type && strlen(type) >= THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH)
>>>> return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>>>>
>>>> I searched in code further and with THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH = 30 (enough
>>>> space) the module load fails at another place in __hwmon_device_register():
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c?id=refs/tags/v4.10-rc6#n548
>>>>
>>>> if (name && (!strlen(name) || strpbrk(name, "-* \t\n")))
>>>> return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>>>>
>>>> That's because there is "-" in "ds2760-battery.0.auto" (and that's why
>>>> shortening to "ds2760.0" works). Is there some reason for disallowing "-"
>>>> in a name? If not then I'm for removal (in other case we need to change
>>>> ds2760-battery and others names). Increasing THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH to 22
>>>> should be just OK for ds2760 (but maybe not enough for others) I would
>>>> increased it to 32 (nice number ;-) ).
>>>>
>>>
>>> '-' is not permitted in hwmon name attributes, primarily because libsensors
>>> interprets it as a delimiter in its configuration file.
>>>
>>
>> OK so this means we need to rename ds2760-battery so libsensors works.
>>
>> Hmm is an underscore in "ds2760_battery.0.auto" OK?
>
> Theoretically yes, but there was objection to that idea because replacing the
> '-'
> with '_' is considered by some to be an ABI change (why the addition of
> '.auto'
> doesn't matter escapes me, though).
>
I read that discussion and both ways are not optimal. Many drivers has "-" in
its
name and even "*" is a valid filename. And changing to underscore is ugly too.
Too bad libsensors parses "-" that way.
>>
>>> Anyway, the related change in thermal has been reverted, so that should
>>
>> s/thermal/hwmon ? Or I'm confused :-D (there was no change in thermal, code
>> stopped working because of change in w1 driver (".auto" addition))
>>
>
> 3feb479cea37 Revert "thermal: thermal_hwmon: Convert to
> hwmon_device_register_with_info()"
But after applying revert on my kernel copy there still will be a problem
in arch init with missing ".auto" match and driver load still fails on a
shorter string array.
Petr
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