linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next v2] firmware_loader: Expand Firmware upload error codes with firmware invalid error

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Message-Id: <20231121-feature_firmware_error_code-v2-1-f879a7734a4e@bootlin.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:50:35 +0100
From:   Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Russ Weight <russ.weight@...ux.dev>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2] firmware_loader: Expand Firmware upload error
 codes with firmware invalid error

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

Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
---

This patch was initially submitted as part of a net patch series.
Conor expressed interest in using it in a different subsystem.
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231116-feature_poe-v1-7-be48044bf249@bootlin.com/

Consequently, I extracted it from the series and submitted it separately.
I first tried to send it to driver-core but it seems also not the best
choice:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/2023111720-slicer-exes-7d9f@gregkh/

Jakub could you create a stable branch for this patch and share the branch
information? This way other Maintainers can then pull the patch.
---
 drivers/base/firmware_loader/sysfs_upload.c | 1 +
 include/linux/firmware.h                    | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/sysfs_upload.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/sysfs_upload.c
index a0af8f5f13d8..829270067d16 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/sysfs_upload.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/sysfs_upload.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static const char * const fw_upload_err_str[] = {
 	[FW_UPLOAD_ERR_INVALID_SIZE] = "invalid-file-size",
 	[FW_UPLOAD_ERR_RW_ERROR]     = "read-write-error",
 	[FW_UPLOAD_ERR_WEAROUT]	     = "flash-wearout",
+	[FW_UPLOAD_ERR_FW_INVALID]   = "firmware-invalid",
 };
 
 static const char *fw_upload_progress(struct device *dev,
diff --git a/include/linux/firmware.h b/include/linux/firmware.h
index de7fea3bca51..0311858b46ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/firmware.h
+++ b/include/linux/firmware.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct firmware {
  * @FW_UPLOAD_ERR_INVALID_SIZE: invalid firmware image size
  * @FW_UPLOAD_ERR_RW_ERROR: read or write to HW failed, see kernel log
  * @FW_UPLOAD_ERR_WEAROUT: FLASH device is approaching wear-out, wait & retry
+ * @FW_UPLOAD_ERR_FW_INVALID: invalid firmware file
  * @FW_UPLOAD_ERR_MAX: Maximum error code marker
  */
 enum fw_upload_err {
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ enum fw_upload_err {
 	FW_UPLOAD_ERR_INVALID_SIZE,
 	FW_UPLOAD_ERR_RW_ERROR,
 	FW_UPLOAD_ERR_WEAROUT,
+	FW_UPLOAD_ERR_FW_INVALID,
 	FW_UPLOAD_ERR_MAX
 };
 

---
base-commit: b85ea95d086471afb4ad062012a4d73cd328fa86
change-id: 20231117-feature_firmware_error_code-b8d7af08a8fe

Best regards,
-- 
Köry Maincent, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com