linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] firmware: generalize "firmware" as "system data" helpers

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Message-Id: <1438725604-22795-2-git-send-email-mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
Date:	Tue,  4 Aug 2015 15:00:01 -0700
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, ming.lei@...onical.com
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	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, dwmw2@...radead.org,
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	keyrings@...ux-nfs.org, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	Vojtěch Pavlík <vojtech@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] firmware: generalize "firmware" as "system data" helpers

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

Historically firmware_class code was added to help
get device driver firmware binaries but these days
request_firmware*() helpers are being repurposed for
general system data needed by the kernel.

Annotate this before we extend firmare_class more,
as this is expected. We want to generalize the code
as much as possible.

Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc: Vojtěch Pavlík <vojtech@...e.cz>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@...nel.org>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...e.com>
---
 drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 894bda114224..f97e76cca069 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -353,15 +353,15 @@ static int fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct device *device,
 		rc = fw_read_file_contents(file, buf);
 		fput(file);
 		if (rc)
-			dev_warn(device, "firmware, attempted to load %s, but failed with error %d\n",
-				path, rc);
+			dev_warn(device, "system data, attempted to load %s, but failed with error %d\n",
+				 path, rc);
 		else
 			break;
 	}
 	__putname(path);
 
 	if (!rc) {
-		dev_dbg(device, "firmware: direct-loading firmware %s\n",
+		dev_dbg(device, "system data: direct-loading firmware %s\n",
 			buf->fw_id);
 		mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
 		set_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &buf->status);
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ _request_firmware_prepare(struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 	}
 
 	if (fw_get_builtin_firmware(firmware, name)) {
-		dev_dbg(device, "firmware: using built-in firmware %s\n", name);
+		dev_dbg(device, "system data: using built-in system data%s\n", name);
 		return 0; /* assigned */
 	}
 
-- 
2.3.2.209.gd67f9d5.dirty

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