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Date:	Sun, 25 May 2008 17:04:50 +0200
From:	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sam@...nborg.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Tyler Trafford <ttrafford@...il.com>,
	Mike Isely <isely@...ly.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 04/28] cx25840: treat firmware data as const

On Sunday 25 May 2008 16:56:06 David Woodhouse wrote:
> Hm, looks like I was also passing the wrong pointer to fw_write().
> Here's the new version...
>
> commit 57dc4762554119ffb5c711b2716f47997bc5c181
> Author: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
> Date:   Fri May 23 23:58:24 2008 +0100
>
>     cx25840: treat firmware data as const
>
>     Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>

Looks good. I tested it quickly and it works.

Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>

Regards,

	Hans

>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx25840/cx25840-firmware.c
> b/drivers/media/video/cx25840/cx25840-firmware.c index
> 620d295..8d489a4 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/video/cx25840/cx25840-firmware.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/video/cx25840/cx25840-firmware.c
> @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int check_fw_load(struct i2c_client *client,
> int size) return 0;
>  }
>
> -static int fw_write(struct i2c_client *client, u8 *data, int size)
> +static int fw_write(struct i2c_client *client, const u8 *data, int
> size) {
>  	if (i2c_master_send(client, data, size) < size) {
>  		v4l_err(client, "firmware load i2c failure\n");
> @@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ int cx25840_loadfw(struct i2c_client *client)
>  {
>  	struct cx25840_state *state = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
>  	const struct firmware *fw = NULL;
> -	u8 buffer[4], *ptr;
> +	u8 buffer[FWSEND];
> +	const u8 *ptr;
>  	int size, retval;
>
>  	if (state->is_cx23885)
> @@ -108,29 +109,23 @@ int cx25840_loadfw(struct i2c_client *client)
>
>  	buffer[0] = 0x08;
>  	buffer[1] = 0x02;
> -	buffer[2] = fw->data[0];
> -	buffer[3] = fw->data[1];
> -	retval = fw_write(client, buffer, 4);
>
> -	if (retval < 0) {
> -		release_firmware(fw);
> -		return retval;
> -	}
> -
> -	size = fw->size - 2;
> +	size = fw->size;
>  	ptr = fw->data;
>  	while (size > 0) {
> -		ptr[0] = 0x08;
> -		ptr[1] = 0x02;
> -		retval = fw_write(client, ptr, min(FWSEND, size + 2));
> +		int len = min(FWSEND - 2, size);
> +
> +		memcpy(buffer + 2, ptr, len);
> +
> +		retval = fw_write(client, buffer, len + 2);
>
>  		if (retval < 0) {
>  			release_firmware(fw);
>  			return retval;
>  		}
>
> -		size -= FWSEND - 2;
> -		ptr += FWSEND - 2;
> +		size -= len;
> +		ptr += len;
>  	}
>
>  	end_fw_load(client);


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