Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] firmware loader: Introduce new API - request_firmware_abort()

2014-11-03 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 03 Nov 2014, Kweh Hock Leong wrote: Note for people who use request_firmware_nowait(): You are required to do your own synchronization after you call request_firmware_abort() in order to continue unloading the module. The example synchronization code shows below: while (THIS_MODULE

Re: [PATCH 00/12] One more attempt at useful kernel lockdown

2013-09-10 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 10 Sep 2013, Matthew Garrett wrote: That's why modern systems require signed firmware updates. Linux doesn't. Is someone working on adding signature support to the runtime firmware loader? -- One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the