linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 3/9] firmware: add request_partial_firmware_into

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Message-ID: <0681c21c-b2de-068a-76f3-965cecfbf93c@broadcom.com>
Date:   Tue, 7 Jul 2020 21:07:04 -0700
From:   Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>,
        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>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "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>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 3/9] firmware: add request_partial_firmware_into_buf



On 2020-07-07 4:58 p.m., Kees Cook wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 04:23:03PM -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
>> Add request_partial_firmware_into_buf to allow for portions
>> of firmware file to be read into a buffer.  Necessary where firmware
>> needs to be loaded in portions from file in memory constrained systems.
> Just tear out the differing "id" and just use FW_OPT_PARTIAL and I think
> if Luis is happy, you're all set.
>
I hope so.  Also, I will need to call 
kernel_pread_file_from_path_initns() if FW_OPT_PARTIAL is set
and kernel_read_file_from_path_initns() otherwise to avoid a swiss 
army-knife approach of calling a common function with multiple parameters.