netdev - [PATCH 2/3] cxgb4: make configuration load use request_firmware

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Date:	Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:39:42 -0700
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>
To:	tiwai@...e.de, chunkeey@...glemail.com, leedom@...lsio.com,
	cocci@...teme.lip6.fr
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>,
	Philip Oswald <poswald@...e.com>,
	Santosh Rastapur <santosh@...lsio.com>,
	Jeffrey Cheung <jcheung@...e.com>,
	David Chang <dchang@...e.com>,
	Hariprasad Shenai <hariprasad@...lsio.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] cxgb4: make configuration load use request_firmware_direct()

From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>

cxgb4 uses request_firmware() 3 times, one for firmware, one for
optional configuration files and another for ethtools flash. Since the
configuration update is optional on devices that don't have a
configuration file update it means we'd wait unnecessarily for the
extra udev timeout, which by default is 60 seconds. Avoid this
extra delay.

This was found with the following SmPL patch.

@ firmware_not_critical @
expression cf;
expression config_file;
expression dev;
int ret;
identifier l;
statement S;
@@

-	ret = request_firmware(&cf, config_file, dev);
+	ret = request_firmware_direct(&cf, config_file, dev);
	if (ret < 0) {
		... when != goto l;
		    when != return ret;
		    when any
	} else {
		...
		release_firmware(cf);
		...
	}

Cc: Philip Oswald <poswald@...e.com>
Cc: Santosh Rastapur <santosh@...lsio.com>
Cc: Jeffrey Cheung <jcheung@...e.com>
Cc: David Chang <dchang@...e.com>
Cc: Casey Leedom <leedom@...lsio.com>
Cc: Hariprasad Shenai <hariprasad@...lsio.com>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc: cocci@...teme.lip6.fr
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...e.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index 02a0ebf..bd57177 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -4999,7 +4999,7 @@ static int adap_init0_config(struct adapter *adapter, int reset)
 		goto bye;
 	}
 
-	ret = request_firmware(&cf, fw_config_file, adapter->pdev_dev);
+	ret = request_firmware_direct(&cf, fw_config_file, adapter->pdev_dev);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		config_name = "On FLASH";
 		mtype = FW_MEMTYPE_CF_FLASH;
-- 
2.0.0

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