Re: [PATCH] firwmare: Correct handling of fw_state_wait() return value

[Daniel Wagner]

On 12/07/2016 02:01 AM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> When request_firmware() finds an already open firmware object it will
> wait for that object to become fully loaded and then check the status.
> As __fw_state_wait_common() succeeds the timeout value returned will be
> truncated in _request_firmware_prepare() and interpreted as -EPERM.
>
> Prior to "firmware: do not use fw_lock for fw_state protection" the code
> did test if we where in the "done" state before sleeping, causing this
> particular code path to succeed, in some cases.
>
> As the callers are interested in the result of the wait and not the
> remaining timeout the return value of __fw_state_wait_common() is
> changed to signal "done" or "error", which simplifies the logic in
> _request_firmware_load() as well.

Oops, sorry about that one. With your fix the code starts to make sense.

> Fixes: 5b029624948d ("firmware: do not use fw_lock for fw_state protection")
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Daniel