Re: [PATCH 5/5] firmware: add DECLARE_FW_CUSTOM_FALLBACK() annotation

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 10:32:12AM +0100, Jacek Anaszewski wrote:
> > diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
> > index 955c11d6ff9d..b51673e40439 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
> > @@ -184,8 +184,11 @@ load firmware for you through a custom path.
> > 
> >  The custom fallback mechanism can often be enabled by mistake. We currently
> >  have only 2 users of it, and little justification to enable it for other users.
> > -Since it is a common driver developer mistake to enable it, help police for
> > -new users of the custom fallback mechanism with::
> > +Since it is a common driver developer mistake to enable it, driver developers
> > +should use DECLARE_FW_CUSTOM_FALLBACK() to both white-list and validate their
> > +use and also refer to the documentation for the custom loading solution.
> > +
> > +Invalid users of the custom fallback mechanism can be policed using::
> 
> double colon at the end of line

That is on purpose for rst files, for use with the new trendy hipster
Sphinx documentation format.

> > 
> >          $ export COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/api/request_firmware-avoid-init-probe-init.cocci
> >          $ make coccicheck MODE=report

It will kind of blockquote the above.

> > diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-lp55xx-common.c b/drivers/leds/leds-lp55xx-common.c
> > index 5377f22ff994..04161428ee3b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/leds/leds-lp55xx-common.c
> > +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-lp55xx-common.c
> > @@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ static void lp55xx_firmware_loaded(const struct firmware *fw, void *context)
> >  	release_firmware(chip->fw);
> >  }
> > 
> > +DECLARE_FW_CUSTOM_FALLBACK("Documentation/leds/leds-lp55xx.txt");
> >  static int lp55xx_request_firmware(struct lp55xx_chip *chip)
> >  {
> 
> For this LED class driver:
> 
> Acked-by: Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, amended!

  Luis