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Re: [PATCH v3 04/22] firmware: simplify dev_*() print messages for generic helpers

From Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v3 04/22] firmware: simplify dev_*() print messages for generic helpers
Date 2016-02-04 18:30 +0100
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On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
>
> Simplify a few of the *generic* shared dev_warn() and dev_dbg()
> print messages for three reasons:
>
> 0) Historically firmware_class code was added to help
>    get device driver firmware binaries but these days
>    request_firmware*() helpers are being repurposed for
>    general *system data* needed by the kernel.
>
> 1) This will also help generalize shared code as much as possible
>    later in the future in consideration for a new extensible firmware
>    API which will enable to separate usermode helper code out as much
>    as possible.
>
> 2) Kees Cook pointed out the the prints already have the device
>    associated as dev_*() helpers are used, that should help identify
>    the user and case in which the helpers are used. That should provide
>    enough context and simplifies the messages further.
>
> v4: generalize debug/warn messages even further as suggested by
>     Kees Cook.
>
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
> Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>
> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
> Cc: Vojtěch Pavlík <vojtech@suse.cz>
> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>
> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

-Kees

> ---
>  drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
> index 8524450..3358f5d 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
> @@ -353,15 +353,15 @@ static int fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct device *device,
>                 rc = fw_read_file_contents(file, buf);
>                 fput(file);
>                 if (rc)
> -                       dev_warn(device, "firmware, attempted to load %s, but failed with error %d\n",
> -                               path, rc);
> +                       dev_warn(device, "loading %s failed with error %d\n",
> +                                path, rc);
>                 else
>                         break;
>         }
>         __putname(path);
>
>         if (!rc) {
> -               dev_dbg(device, "firmware: direct-loading firmware %s\n",
> +               dev_dbg(device, "direct-loading %s\n",
>                         buf->fw_id);
>                 mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
>                 set_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &buf->status);
> @@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ _request_firmware_prepare(struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
>         }
>
>         if (fw_get_builtin_firmware(firmware, name)) {
> -               dev_dbg(device, "firmware: using built-in firmware %s\n", name);
> +               dev_dbg(device, "using built-in %s\n", name);
>                 return 0; /* assigned */
>         }
>
> --
> 2.1.0
>



-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security

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[PATCH v3 04/22] firmware: simplify dev_*() print messages for generic helpers Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-02-03 20:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v3 04/22] firmware: simplify dev_*() print messages for  generic helpers Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-02-04 18:30 +0100

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