linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 07/13] driver core: firmware loader: introduce cache_firmware and uncache

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:40:11 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 07/13] driver core: firmware loader: introduce
 cache_firmware and uncache_firmware

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 11:52 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org> wrote:
>
> You have similar functionality in fw_lookup_and_alloate_buf() above.
> Can't you reuse it instead of defining a new function?

The problem is that the lock can't be released between lookup and allocate
inside fw_lookup_and_alloate_buf(). I will try to introduce __fw_lookup_buf
and reuse it in both fw_lookup_and_alloate_buf and fw_lookup_buf.

Also will fix the comments and code style you mentioned in -v1.


Thanks,
--
Ming Lei
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/