RE: [PATCH v2 1/3] dell_rbu: Don't fallback to userhelper

[Mario_Limonciello]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Limonciello, Mario
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 1:28 PM
> To: ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Limonciello, Mario
> <Mario_Limonciello@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] dell_rbu: Don't fallback to userhelper
> 
> when loading firmware dell_rbu previously would allow a userspace
> application to craft the payload after dell_rbu was loaded and abuse the
> udev userspace API.
> 
> Instead require the payload to be crafted and placed in
> /lib/firmware/dell_rbu ahead of time.
> 
> This adjusts dell_rbu to immediately load the firmware from
> /lib/firmware/dell_rbu when "init" is passed into image_type using the
> kernel helper.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/Kconfig    | 1 -
>  drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig index
> 6664f11..85afe59 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
> @@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ config DELL_RBU
>  	tristate "BIOS update support for DELL systems via sysfs"
>  	depends on X86
>  	select FW_LOADER
> -	select FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
>  	help
>  	 Say m if you want to have the option of updating the BIOS for your
>  	 DELL system. Note you need a Dell OpenManage or Dell Update
> package (DUP) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
> b/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c index 2f452f1..77b2a77 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
> @@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ static ssize_t write_rbu_image_type(struct file *filp,
> struct kobject *kobj,
>  		if (!rbu_data.entry_created) {
>  			spin_unlock(&rbu_data.lock);
>  			req_firm_rc =
> request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE,
> -				FW_ACTION_NOHOTPLUG, "dell_rbu",
> +				FW_ACTION_HOTPLUG, "dell_rbu",
>  				&rbu_device->dev, GFP_KERNEL, &context,
>  				callbackfn_rbu);
>  			if (req_firm_rc) {
> --
> 2.7.4

Hi Ming,

Could you comment on these patches?  There isn't currently a subsystem maintainer for dell_rbu, so I think you are the most qualified to pull these in.  They have the best implications for you since you can drop all that fallback code now too.