request_firmware() failures currently won't get reported at all (the error code is discarded). What's more, we get confusing messages, like: # echo -n notafile > /sys/devices/virtual/misc/test_firmware/trigger_request [ 8280.311856] test_firmware: loading 'notafile' [ 8280.317042] test_firmware: load of 'notafile' failed: -2 [ 8280.322445] test_firmware: loaded: 0 # echo $? 0 Report the failures via write() errors, and don't say we "loaded" anything. Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: no change v1: thread starts here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/8/816 lib/test_firmware.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/test_firmware.c b/lib/test_firmware.c index 86374c1c49a4..841191061816 100644 --- a/lib/test_firmware.c +++ b/lib/test_firmware.c @@ -65,14 +65,19 @@ static ssize_t trigger_request_store(struct device *dev, release_firmware(test_firmware); test_firmware = NULL; rc = request_firmware(&test_firmware, name, dev); - if (rc) + if (rc) { pr_info("load of '%s' failed: %d\n", name, rc); - pr_info("loaded: %zu\n", test_firmware ? test_firmware->size : 0); + goto out; + } + pr_info("loaded: %zu\n", test_firmware->size); + rc = count; + +out: mutex_unlock(&test_fw_mutex); kfree(name); - return count; + return rc; } static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(trigger_request); -- 2.6.0.rc2.230.g3dd15c0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html