From f1485f3deb89e6ae10c4d34662ec9e692855ab5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Woodhouse Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 15:20:37 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] ihex: request_ihex_firmware() function to load and validate firmware Provide a helper to load the file and validate it in one call, to simplify error handling in the drivers which are going to use it. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse --- include/linux/ihex.h | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/ihex.h b/include/linux/ihex.h index df89edd..2baace2 100644 --- a/include/linux/ihex.h +++ b/include/linux/ihex.h @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ #include #include +#include /* Intel HEX files actually limit the length to 256 bytes, but we have drivers which would benefit from using separate records which are @@ -47,4 +48,27 @@ static inline int ihex_validate_fw(const struct firmware *fw) } return -EINVAL; } + +/* Request firmware and validate it so that we can trust we won't + * run off the end while reading records... */ +static inline int request_ihex_firmware(const struct firmware **fw, + const char *fw_name, + struct device *dev) +{ + const struct firmware *lfw; + int ret; + + ret = request_firmware(&lfw, fw_name, dev); + if (ret) + return ret; + ret = ihex_validate_fw(lfw); + if (ret) { + dev_err(dev, "Firmware \"%s\" not valid IHEX records\n", + fw_name); + release_firmware(lfw); + return ret; + } + *fw = lfw; + return 0; +} #endif /* __LINUX_IHEX_H__ */ -- 2.7.4