On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 08:50 -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > I'm not quite sure whether my question was answered ... > > When firmware is built in, does > 1) request_firmware() make a copy of it and then release_firmware free > that copy? > 2) request_firmware() return a pointer to the built-in firmware with > release_firmware() being a no-op? > 3) request_firmware() return a pointer to the built-in firmware with > release_firmware() freeing the original? > > Cases 1 and 2 are fine, case 3 is a problem.
Effectively (2). Actually we do allocate and free the 'struct firmware' but fw->data is just pointed to the original blob, and then that blob doesn't get freed. -- dwmw2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
