Re: [RFC 2/3] firmware_class: split out transaction helpers

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On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 04:10:52PM -0700, James Bottomley wrote:
> From: James Bottomley <JBottomley@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> The firmware class contains code to manage an arbitrary sized buffer for
> discrete read and write operations.  We need precisely this ability to update
> firmware capsule files (and likely for other transactions as well), so split
> out the capability into a library helper
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/base/firmware_class.c      | 117 ++++---------------------------
>  include/linux/transaction_helper.h |  26 +++++++
>  lib/Makefile                       |   2 +-
>  lib/transaction_helper.c           | 137 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 179 insertions(+), 103 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/transaction_helper.h
>  create mode 100644 lib/transaction_helper.c

Interesting, do you think there are other places that can use this
"transaction_helper" library?  And a bit more documentation would be
nice, but on the whole, no objection from me.

thanks,

greg k-h
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