[PATCH v3 18/20] firmware: ensure the firmware cache is not used on incompatible calls

2018-03-10 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
request_firmware_into_buf() explicitly disables the firmware cache, meanwhile the firmware cache cannot be used when request_firmware_nowait() is used without the uevent. Enforce a sanity check for this to avoid future issues undocumented behaviours should misuses of the firmware cache happen

[PATCH v3 18/20] firmware: ensure the firmware cache is not used on incompatible calls

2018-03-10 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
request_firmware_into_buf() explicitly disables the firmware cache, meanwhile the firmware cache cannot be used when request_firmware_nowait() is used without the uevent. Enforce a sanity check for this to avoid future issues undocumented behaviours should misuses of the firmware cache happen