Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] powerpc/powernv: Check OPAL sensor calls exist

From: Cedric Le Goater <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:28:05 +0100

On 02/24/2015 05:54 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-02-20 at 16:07 +0100, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <[email-masked]>
>> ---
>>  arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-sensor.c |    3 +++
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-sensor.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-sensor.c
>> index 4ab67ef7abc9..544292f2020f 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-sensor.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-sensor.c
>> @@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ static __init int opal_sensor_init(void)
>>  	struct platform_device *pdev;
>>  	struct device_node *sensor;
>>  
>> +	if (!opal_check_token(OPAL_SENSOR_READ))
>> +		return -ENODEV;
>> +
>>  	sensor = of_find_node_by_path("/ibm,opal/sensors");
>>  	if (!sensor) {
>>  		pr_err("Opal node 'sensors' not found\n");
> 
> Are you actually seeing this in practice?

No. Not this one. I have seen others though. I will send you patches.

> It's a bit annoying that we have to check for the token, and then also check
> the device tree. It would be nice if one implied the presence of the other.

Should we expose the OPAL call token in the device tree ? 

Cheers,

C.