Re: [PATCH net-next 7/9] firmware_loader: Expand Firmware upload error codes

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Nov 16 2023 - 11:37:24 EST


On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 03:01:39PM +0100, Kory Maincent wrote:
> No error code are available to signal an invalid firmware content.
> Drivers that can check the firmware content validity can not return this
> specific failure to the user-space
>
> Expand the firmware error code with an additional code:
> - "firmware invalid" code which can be used when the provided firmware
> is invalid
>
> Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/base/firmware_loader/sysfs_upload.c | 1 +
> include/linux/firmware.h | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>