The remoteproc framework provides a sysfs file 'firmware' for modifying the firmware image name from userspace. Add an additional check to ensure NULL firmwares are errored out right away, rather than getting a delayed error while requesting a firmware during the start of a remoteproc later on. Signed-off-by: Suman Anna <s-anna@xxxxxx> --- drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_sysfs.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_sysfs.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_sysfs.c index 2142b3ea726e..ce93f4d710f3 100644 --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_sysfs.c @@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ static ssize_t firmware_store(struct device *dev, } len = strcspn(buf, "\n"); + if (!len) { + dev_err(dev, "can't provide a NULL firmware\n"); + err = -EINVAL; + goto out; + } p = kstrndup(buf, len, GFP_KERNEL); if (!p) { -- 2.18.0