linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 7/9] firmware_loader: Expand Firmware upload error codes

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Message-ID: <2023111604-visitor-urgency-a97a@gregkh>
Date:   Thu, 16 Nov 2023 11:37:13 -0500
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Russ Weight <russ.weight@...ux.dev>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 7/9] firmware_loader: Expand Firmware upload
 error codes

On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 03:01:39PM +0100, Kory Maincent wrote:
> No error code are available to signal an invalid firmware content.
> Drivers that can check the firmware content validity can not return this
> specific failure to the user-space
> 
> Expand the firmware error code with an additional code:
> - "firmware invalid" code which can be used when the provided firmware
>   is invalid
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
> ---
>  drivers/base/firmware_loader/sysfs_upload.c | 1 +
>  include/linux/firmware.h                    | 2 ++
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>