[PATCH] firmware: remove request_firmware_into_buf()

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Jun 23 2017 - 16:25:32 EST


As Luis pointed out, there are no in-kernel users of
request_firmware_into_buf(), so remove it, and the now unused internal
flag, which simplifies the logic around buffer handling a bit.

Reported-by: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst | 3 -
Documentation/driver-api/firmware/firmware_cache.rst | 2
Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst | 5 -
drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 37 --------------
include/linux/firmware.h | 8 ---
5 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
index d19354794e67..0c3562148161 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ fallback mechanism:
* Race against access with the root filesystem upon bootup.

* Races upon resume from suspend. This is resolved by the firmware cache, but
- the firmware cache is only supported if you use uevents, and its not
- supported for request_firmware_into_buf().
+ the firmware cache is only supported if you use uevents.

* Firmware is not accessible through typical means:
* It cannot be installed into the root filesystem
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/firmware_cache.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/firmware_cache.rst
index 2210e5bfb332..e53f8189fac1 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/firmware_cache.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/firmware_cache.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ root filesystem mounts.
Some implementation details about the firmware cache setup:

* The firmware cache is setup by adding a devres entry for each device that
- uses all synchronous call except :c:func:`request_firmware_into_buf`.
+ uses a synchronous call.

* If an asynchronous call is used the firmware cache is only set up for a
device if if the second argument (uevent) to request_firmware_nowait() is
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst
index cc0aea880824..a5dacf96ab0f 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ request_firmware_direct
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/firmware_class.c
:functions: request_firmware_direct

-request_firmware_into_buf
--------------------------
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/firmware_class.c
- :functions: request_firmware_into_buf
-
Asynchronous firmware requests
==============================

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index ac350c518e0c..a913400c873e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ static int __fw_state_check(struct fw_state *fw_st, enum fw_status status)
#define FW_OPT_FALLBACK 0
#endif
#define FW_OPT_NO_WARN (1U << 3)
-#define FW_OPT_NOCACHE (1U << 4)

struct firmware_cache {
/* firmware_buf instance will be added into the below list */
@@ -1143,16 +1142,14 @@ static int assign_firmware_buf(struct firmware *fw, struct device *device,
* should be fixed in devres or driver core.
*/
/* don't cache firmware handled without uevent */
- if (device && (opt_flags & FW_OPT_UEVENT) &&
- !(opt_flags & FW_OPT_NOCACHE))
+ if (device && (opt_flags & FW_OPT_UEVENT))
fw_add_devm_name(device, buf->fw_id);

/*
* After caching firmware image is started, let it piggyback
* on request firmware.
*/
- if (!(opt_flags & FW_OPT_NOCACHE) &&
- buf->fwc->state == FW_LOADER_START_CACHE) {
+ if (buf->fwc->state == FW_LOADER_START_CACHE) {
if (fw_cache_piggyback_on_request(buf->fw_id))
kref_get(&buf->ref);
}
@@ -1292,36 +1289,6 @@ int request_firmware_direct(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(request_firmware_direct);

/**
- * request_firmware_into_buf - load firmware into a previously allocated buffer
- * @firmware_p: pointer to firmware image
- * @name: name of firmware file
- * @device: device for which firmware is being loaded and DMA region allocated
- * @buf: address of buffer to load firmware into
- * @size: size of buffer
- *
- * This function works pretty much like request_firmware(), but it doesn't
- * allocate a buffer to hold the firmware data. Instead, the firmware
- * is loaded directly into the buffer pointed to by @buf and the @firmware_p
- * data member is pointed at @buf.
- *
- * This function doesn't cache firmware either.
- */
-int
-request_firmware_into_buf(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
- struct device *device, void *buf, size_t size)
-{
- int ret;
-
- __module_get(THIS_MODULE);
- ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, buf, size,
- FW_OPT_UEVENT | FW_OPT_FALLBACK |
- FW_OPT_NOCACHE);
- module_put(THIS_MODULE);
- return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware_into_buf);
-
-/**
* release_firmware: - release the resource associated with a firmware image
* @fw: firmware resource to release
**/
diff --git a/include/linux/firmware.h b/include/linux/firmware.h
index b1f9f0ccb8ac..5c41c5e75b5c 100644
--- a/include/linux/firmware.h
+++ b/include/linux/firmware.h
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ int request_firmware_nowait(
void (*cont)(const struct firmware *fw, void *context));
int request_firmware_direct(const struct firmware **fw, const char *name,
struct device *device);
-int request_firmware_into_buf(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
- const char *name, struct device *device, void *buf, size_t size);

void release_firmware(const struct firmware *fw);
#else
@@ -77,11 +75,5 @@ static inline int request_firmware_direct(const struct firmware **fw,
return -EINVAL;
}

-static inline int request_firmware_into_buf(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
- const char *name, struct device *device, void *buf, size_t size)
-{
- return -EINVAL;
-}
-
#endif
#endif