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-rw-r--r--drivers/platform/x86/amd/hsmp/hsmp.c22
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hsmp/hsmp.c b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hsmp/hsmp.c
index a457831c9c6b..02425f7e6f14 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hsmp/hsmp.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hsmp/hsmp.c
@@ -197,20 +197,16 @@ static int validate_message(struct hsmp_message *msg)
return -EINVAL;
/*
- * Some older HSMP SET messages are updated to add GET in the same message.
- * In these messages, GET returns the current value and SET also returns
- * the successfully set value. To support this GET and SET in same message
- * while maintaining backward compatibility for the HSMP users,
- * hsmp_msg_desc_table[] indicates only maximum allowed response_sz.
+ * As the HSMP protocol evolves, newer platforms may define more
+ * response arguments for existing messages. Use an upper-bound
+ * check so that older userspace callers requesting fewer response
+ * words than what the current hsmp_msg_desc_table[] defines are
+ * still accepted, while rejecting requests that exceed the
+ * hardware capability.
*/
- if (hsmp_msg_desc_table[msg->msg_id].type == HSMP_SET_GET) {
- if (msg->response_sz > hsmp_msg_desc_table[msg->msg_id].response_sz)
- return -EINVAL;
- } else {
- /* only HSMP_SET or HSMP_GET messages go through this strict check */
- if (msg->response_sz != hsmp_msg_desc_table[msg->msg_id].response_sz)
- return -EINVAL;
- }
+ if (msg->response_sz > hsmp_msg_desc_table[msg->msg_id].response_sz)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
return 0;
}