Re: [PATCH v2] Bluetooth: btrtl: Save firmware and config

From: Marcel Holtmann
Date: Mon Aug 12 2019 - 12:35:24 EST


Hi Alex,

> usb reset resume will cause downloading firmware again and
> requesting firmware may be failed while host is resuming
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Lu <alex_lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 97 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
> index 208feef63de4..416a5cb676e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
> +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
> @@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ struct btrtl_device_info {
> int cfg_len;
> };
>
> +static struct btrtl_device_info dev_info;
> +

No. We are are not using magic global variables. What happens if you attach more than one device? Also I assumed that request_firmware has a caching capability of sorts so that drivers donât have to re-implement caching of the firmware.

Regards

Marcel