On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 3:20 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcg...@kernel.org> wrote:
> This reflects much clearer what is being done.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcg...@kernel.org>
> ---
> Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst | 2 +-
> drivers/base/firmware_fallback.c | 4 ++--
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
> b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
> index 4055ac76b288..f353783ae0be 100644
> --- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
> @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Since a device is created for the sysfs interface to help
> load firmware as a
> fallback mechanism userspace can be informed of the addition of the device by
> relying on kobject uevents. The addition of the device into the device
> hierarchy means the fallback mechanism for firmware loading has been
> initiated.
> -For details of implementation refer to _request_firmware_load(), in
> particular
> +For details of implementation refer to fw_load_sysfs_fallback(), in
> particular
> on the use of dev_set_uevent_suppress() and kobject_uevent().
>
> The kernel's kobject uevent mechanism is implemented in lib/kobject_uevent.c,
> diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_fallback.c
> b/drivers/base/firmware_fallback.c
> index 13fa5ff2b46c..ce7ccfe82c69 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/firmware_fallback.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_fallback.c
> @@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ fw_create_instance(struct firmware *firmware, const char
> *fw_name,
> }
>
> /* load a firmware via user helper */
As long as this is being renamed, maybe add full kern-doc for this function?
-Kees
> -static int _request_firmware_load(struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs,
> +static int fw_load_sysfs_fallback(struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs,
> unsigned int opt_flags, long timeout)
> {
> int retval = 0;
> @@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static int fw_load_from_user_helper(struct firmware
> *firmware,
> }
>
> fw_sysfs->fw_priv = firmware->priv;
> - ret = _request_firmware_load(fw_sysfs, opt_flags, timeout);
> + ret = fw_load_sysfs_fallback(fw_sysfs, opt_flags, timeout);
>
> if (!ret)
> ret = assign_fw(firmware, device, opt_flags);
> --
> 2.16.2
>
--
Kees Cook
Pixel Security
