linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firwmare: Correct handling of fw_state

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Date:   Thu, 8 Dec 2016 15:47:22 +0100
From:   Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@...-carit.de>
To:     Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firwmare: Correct handling of fw_state_wait() return
 value

On 12/07/2016 02:01 AM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> When request_firmware() finds an already open firmware object it will
> wait for that object to become fully loaded and then check the status.
> As __fw_state_wait_common() succeeds the timeout value returned will be
> truncated in _request_firmware_prepare() and interpreted as -EPERM.
>
> Prior to "firmware: do not use fw_lock for fw_state protection" the code
> did test if we where in the "done" state before sleeping, causing this
> particular code path to succeed, in some cases.
>
> As the callers are interested in the result of the wait and not the
> remaining timeout the return value of __fw_state_wait_common() is
> changed to signal "done" or "error", which simplifies the logic in
> _request_firmware_load() as well.

Oops, sorry about that one. With your fix the code starts to make sense.

> Fixes: 5b029624948d ("firmware: do not use fw_lock for fw_state protection")
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@...-carit.de>

Thanks,
Daniel