linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: change enum fw

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Message-ID: <20200522224508.GE11244@42.do-not-panic.com>
Date:   Fri, 22 May 2020 22:45:08 +0000
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        David Brown <david.brown@...aro.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        BCM Kernel Feedback <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: change enum fw_opt to u32

On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 02:46:58PM -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
>  
>  /**
> - * enum fw_opt - options to control firmware loading behaviour
> + * fw_opt - options to control firmware loading behaviour
>   *
>   * @FW_OPT_UEVENT: Enables the fallback mechanism to send a kobject uevent
>   *	when the firmware is not found. Userspace is in charge to load the
> @@ -33,15 +33,13 @@
>   *	the platform's main firmware. If both this fallback and the sysfs
>   *      fallback are enabled, then this fallback will be tried first.
>   */
> -enum fw_opt {
> -	FW_OPT_UEVENT			= BIT(0),
> -	FW_OPT_NOWAIT			= BIT(1),
> -	FW_OPT_USERHELPER		= BIT(2),
> -	FW_OPT_NO_WARN			= BIT(3),
> -	FW_OPT_NOCACHE			= BIT(4),
> -	FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK_SYSFS		= BIT(5),
> -	FW_OPT_FALLBACK_PLATFORM	= BIT(6),
> -};
> +#define FW_OPT_UEVENT			BIT(0)
> +#define FW_OPT_NOWAIT			BIT(1)
> +#define FW_OPT_USERHELPER		BIT(2)
> +#define FW_OPT_NO_WARN			BIT(3)
> +#define FW_OPT_NOCACHE			BIT(4)
> +#define FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK_SYSFS		BIT(5)
> +#define FW_OPT_FALLBACK_PLATFORM	BIT(6)

Everything looked good up to here. The enum defines each flag.
We just want to use an enum for *one* flag represetnation, not
a bundle.

  Luis