linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] drivers: base: fw: fix ret value when loading fw

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Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2015 08:41:14 +0100
From:	Zahari Doychev <zahari.doychev@...ux.com>
To:	ming.lei@...onical.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	zahari.doychev@...ux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drivers: base: fw: fix ret value when loading fw

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 10:45:40AM +0100, Zahari Doychev wrote:
> When using the user mode helper to load firmwares the function _request_firmware
> gets a positive return value from fw_load_from_user_helper and because of this
> the firmware buffer is not assigned. This happens only when the return value
> is zero. This patch fixes this problem in _request_firmware_load. When the
> completion is ready the return value is set to zero.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zahari Doychev <zahari.doychev@...ux.com>
> ---
> 
> Changes from v1:
>  - move handling of wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout() return value
> 

Hi,

what is the status of the patch? Is there something wrong with it?

Regards,
Zahari
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