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authorYazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com>2026-09-03 10:43:25 -0500
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x86/amd_node: Fix PCI device reference counting in amd_smn_init()grafted
The local "root" pointer is a temporary variable used during the device search. Therefore, refcount related to the search iterators should be cleaned up after the search is complete. Use the __free() cleanup macro to ensure the refcount is decremented when the temporary pointer goes out of scope. Additionally, increment the refcount when caching a root pointer. This ensures the in-use refcount is separate from the temporary search refcounting. Finally, drop the redundant "root = NULL" before the second search loop. The pci_get_class() iterator always decrements the refcount of its "from" argument, so the first loop can only fall through with "root" already NULL. Fixes: 0a4b61d9c2e4 ("x86/amd_node: Fix AMD root device caching") Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260806160159.230453-1-jason.andryuk%40amd.com Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LLM Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de> Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@kernel.org> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260903154325.74343-1-yazen.ghannam@amd.com
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+What: /sys/.../message
+Date: October 2021
+KernelVersion: 5.16
+Description:
+ Controls the text message displayed on character line displays.
+
+ Reading returns the current message with a trailing newline.
+ Writing updates the displayed message. Messages longer than the
+ display width will automatically scroll. Trailing newlines in
+ input are automatically trimmed.
+
+ Writing an empty string clears the display.
+
+ Example:
+ echo "Hello World" > message
+ cat message # Returns "Hello World\n"
+
+What: /sys/.../num_chars
+Date: November 2025
+KernelVersion: 6.18
+Contact: Jean-François Lessard <jefflessard3@gmail.com>
+Description:
+ Read-only attribute showing the character width capacity of
+ the line display device. Messages longer than this will scroll.
+
+ Example:
+ cat num_chars # Returns "16\n" for 16-char display
+
+What: /sys/.../scroll_step_ms
+Date: October 2021
+KernelVersion: 5.16
+Description:
+ Controls the scrolling speed for messages longer than the display
+ width, specified in milliseconds per scroll step.
+
+ Setting to 0 disables scrolling. Default is 500ms.
+
+ Example:
+ echo "250" > scroll_step_ms # 4Hz scrolling
+ cat scroll_step_ms # Returns "250\n"
+
+What: /sys/.../map_seg7
+Date: January 2024
+KernelVersion: 6.9
+Description:
+ Read/write binary blob representing the ASCII-to-7-segment
+ display conversion table used by the linedisp driver, as defined
+ by struct seg7_conversion_map in <linux/map_to_7segment.h>.
+
+ Only visible on displays with 7-segment capability.
+
+ This attribute is not human-readable. Writes must match the
+ struct size exactly, else -EINVAL is returned; reads return the
+ entire mapping as a binary blob.
+
+ This interface and its implementation match existing conventions
+ used in segment-mapped display drivers since 2005.
+
+ ABI note: This style of binary sysfs attribute *is an exception*
+ to current "one value per file, text only" sysfs rules, for
+ historical compatibility and driver uniformity. New drivers are
+ discouraged from introducing additional binary sysfs ABIs.
+
+ Reference interface guidance:
+ - include/uapi/linux/map_to_7segment.h
+
+What: /sys/.../map_seg14
+Date: January 2024
+KernelVersion: 6.9
+Description:
+ Read/write binary blob representing the ASCII-to-14-segment
+ display conversion table used by the linedisp driver, as defined
+ by struct seg14_conversion_map in <linux/map_to_14segment.h>.
+
+ Only visible on displays with 14-segment capability.
+
+ This attribute is not human-readable. Writes must match the
+ struct size exactly, else -EINVAL is returned; reads return the
+ entire mapping as a binary blob.
+
+ This interface and its implementation match existing conventions
+ used by segment-mapped display drivers since 2005.
+
+ ABI note: This style of binary sysfs attribute *is an exception*
+ to current "one value per file, text only" sysfs rules, for
+ historical compatibility and driver uniformity. New drivers are
+ discouraged from introducing additional binary sysfs ABIs.
+
+ Reference interface guidance:
+ - include/uapi/linux/map_to_14segment.h