linux-kernel - [PATCHv2 05/28] myri10ge: treat firmware data as const

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Date:	Sun, 25 May 2008 11:23:34 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	sam@...nborg.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Brice Goglin <brice@...i.com>,
	Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@...i.com>
Subject: [PATCHv2 05/28] myri10ge: treat firmware data as const

... which means allocating our own buffer for reading it back.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
---
 drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c |   11 +++++++++--
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c b/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
index c91b12e..ab7a80b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ static int myri10ge_load_hotplug_firmware(struct myri10ge_priv *mgp, u32 * size)
 	unsigned crc, reread_crc;
 	const struct firmware *fw;
 	struct device *dev = &mgp->pdev->dev;
+	unsigned char *fw_readback;
 	struct mcp_gen_header *hdr;
 	size_t hdr_offset;
 	int status;
@@ -571,9 +572,15 @@ static int myri10ge_load_hotplug_firmware(struct myri10ge_priv *mgp, u32 * size)
 		mb();
 		readb(mgp->sram);
 	}
+	fw_readback = vmalloc(fw->size);
+	if (!fw_readback) {
+		status = -ENOMEM;
+		goto abort_with_fw;
+	}
 	/* corruption checking is good for parity recovery and buggy chipset */
-	memcpy_fromio(fw->data, mgp->sram + MYRI10GE_FW_OFFSET, fw->size);
-	reread_crc = crc32(~0, fw->data, fw->size);
+	memcpy_fromio(fw_readback, mgp->sram + MYRI10GE_FW_OFFSET, fw->size);
+	reread_crc = crc32(~0, fw_readback, fw->size);
+	vfree(fw_readback);
 	if (crc != reread_crc) {
 		dev_err(dev, "CRC failed(fw-len=%u), got 0x%x (expect 0x%x)\n",
 			(unsigned)fw->size, reread_crc, crc);
-- 
1.5.4.5

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