linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] firmware_class: few small code shifts

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Date:	Fri, 21 Aug 2015 23:23:03 +0200
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, ming.lei@...onical.com, corbet@....net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	dwmw2@...radead.org, dhowells@...hat.com,
	seth.forshee@...onical.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au, mmarek@...e.cz,
	mjg59@...f.ucam.org, kyle@...nel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] firmware_class: few small code shifts

On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 03:00:00PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>
> 
> Ming, Greg,
> 
> this patch set consists of a few small code shifts which would make
> it easier to add extensible firmware API code, and later firmware
> signing support. This patch set is being sent out separately as it
> does not contain any controversial changes. It should also help
> with readibility of the code.
> 
> I'll be Cc'ing linux-doc, linux-security-module, and keyring folks as the
> next patch sets would start slowly diving into the topic of firmware signing
> and extending documentation, and those patches will depend on this set.
> 
> There is a superfluous else branch on patch #3, its not needed because of
> the goto statement but we leave that in place to make patch #4 easier to
> read.
> 
> David Howells (2):
>   firmware: fold successful fw read early
>   firmware: generalize reading file contents as a helper
> 
> Luis R. Rodriguez (2):
>   firmware: generalize "firmware" as "system data" helpers
>   firmware: move completing fw into a helper

Ming, Greg,

Please let me know if there are any issues with this series.

  Luis
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