linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/2] Enable capsule loader interface for efi firmware updating

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Message-ID: <CALCETrWwqkGV+AM+TynetfRhPDtNm_zJeUov35+hUfbC=Uz92A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 5 Oct 2015 12:07:05 -0700
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	"Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Ong, Boon Leong" <boon.leong.ong@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@...aro.org>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
	Roy Franz <roy.franz@...aro.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Linux FS Devel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Fleming, Matt" <matt.fleming@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/2] Enable capsule loader interface for efi firmware updating

On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Kweh, Hock Leong
<hock.leong.kweh@...el.com> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Borislav Petkov [mailto:bp@...en8.de]
>> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2015 5:06 PM
>> On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 03:18:41AM +0000, Kweh, Hock Leong wrote:
>> > > What does the error case look like? A standard glibc message about
>> > > write(2) failing?
>> > >
>> >
>> > Any upload fail error like -ENOMEM, -EINVAL, -EIO as well as error
>> > returned by efi_capsule_update() API.
>>
>> All I'm asking is, how does the user know that the upload didn't succeed?
>>
>
> I think it should depend on user app about which API they are using.
> If they are using syscall then errors would be returned through write(2).
> If they are using libc APIs fwrite, fputs and fprintf, then the errors would
> return through those APIs. However, this design is targeting the simple
> upload action "cat capsule.bin > /dev/efi_capsule_loader", so the errors
> should be returned through cat() or I/O redirection mechanism from
> shell terminal. Am I answered your question?
>
> Btw, I have an out topic question: I do notice you guys wrote in the message
> that a function look like write(2) or close(2). What actually the "2" mean there?

It's the manpage section.  Typing 'man 2 write' will give you the
manpage 'WRITE(2)'.  Section 2 is syscalls.

--Andy
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