Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (dell-smm) Add XPS 15 L502X to fan control blacklist

[Pali Rohár]

On Monday 25 January 2021 21:21:30 Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Monday 25 January 2021 12:19:38 Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 11:05:40AM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > > On Saturday 23 January 2021 18:46:08 Thomas Hebb wrote:
> > > > It has been reported[0] that the Dell XPS 15 L502X exhibits similar
> > > > freezing behavior to the other systems[1] on this blacklist. The issue
> > > > was exposed by a prior change of mine to automatically load
> > > > dell_smm_hwmon on a wider set of XPS models. To fix the regression, add
> > > > this model to the blacklist.
> > > > 
> > > > [0] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211081
> > > > [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195751
> > > > 
> > > > Fixes: b8a13e5e8f37 ("hwmon: (dell-smm) Use one DMI match for all XPS models")
> > > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Reported-by: Bob Hepple <bob.hepple@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Tested-by: Bob Hepple <bob.hepple@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Hebb <tommyhebb@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > 
> > > >  drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c | 7 +++++++
> > > >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
> > > > index ec448f5f2dc3..73b9db9e3aab 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
> > > > @@ -1159,6 +1159,13 @@ static struct dmi_system_id i8k_blacklist_fan_support_dmi_table[] __initdata = {
> > > >  			DMI_EXACT_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "XPS13 9333"),
> > > >  		},
> > > >  	},
> > > > +	{
> > > > +		.ident = "Dell XPS 15 L502X",
> > > > +		.matches = {
> > > > +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
> > > > +			DMI_EXACT_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Dell System XPS L502X"),
> > > 
> > > Hello! Are you sure that it is required to completely disable fan
> > > support? And not only access to fan type label for which is different
> > > blaclist i8k_blacklist_fan_type_dmi_table?
> > > 
> > 
> > I'll drop this patch from my branch. Please send a Reviewed-by: or Acked-by: tag
> > if/when I should apply it.
> 
> Of course! We will just wait for Bob test results.

Guenter, now we have all needed information, fix is really needed in
this form. So you can add my:

Reviewed-by: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx>