Re: [PATCH v5 04/10] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Read IFS firmware image

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Thu, Apr 28 2022 at 08:38, Tony Luck wrote:
> +/*
> + * Load ifs image. Before loading ifs module, the ifs image must be located
> + * in /lib/firmware/intel/ifs and named as {family/model/stepping}.{testname}.
> + */
> +void ifs_load_firmware(struct device *dev)
> +{
> +	const struct firmware *fw;
> +	char scan_path[32];
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	snprintf(scan_path, sizeof(scan_path), "intel/ifs/%02x-%02x-%02x.scan",
> +		 boot_cpu_data.x86, boot_cpu_data.x86_model, boot_cpu_data.x86_stepping);
> +
> +	ret = request_firmware_direct(&fw, scan_path, dev);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		dev_err(dev, "ifs file %s load failed\n", scan_path);
> +		return;

Why is this not returning an error to the caller?

Thanks,

        tglx