On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 06:14:46AM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > All CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK really is, is just a bool, > initailized at build time. Define it as such. This simplifies the > logic even further, removing now all explicit #ifdefs around the code. > > Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/base/firmware_loader.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++------- > 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader.c > index 7dd36ace6152..59dba794ce1a 100644 > --- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader.c > +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader.c > @@ -266,6 +266,22 @@ static inline bool fw_state_is_aborted(struct fw_priv *fw_priv) > > #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER > > +/** > + * struct firmware_fallback_config - firmware fallback configuratioon settings > + * > + * Helps describe and fine tune the fallback mechanism. > + * > + * @force_sysfs_fallback: force the sysfs fallback mechanism to be used > + * as if one had enabled CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK=y. > + */ > +struct firmware_fallback_config { > + bool force_sysfs_fallback; > +}; This is C, why are you messing around with a structure and "getters and setters" for a set of simple values? > +static const struct firmware_fallback_config fw_fallback_config = { > + .force_sysfs_fallback = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK), > +}; static bool force_sysfs_fallback = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK); Then just read/write the foolish thing, don't make this more complex than is needed please. There is a "getter and setters are evil" rant somewhere out there online, if you really need me to dig up the old tired arguments :) thanks, greg k-h > + > static inline bool fw_sysfs_done(struct fw_priv *fw_priv) > { > return __fw_state_check(fw_priv, FW_STATUS_DONE); > @@ -1151,19 +1167,14 @@ static int fw_load_from_user_helper(struct firmware *firmware, > return ret; > } > > -#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK > -static bool fw_force_sysfs_fallback(unsigned int opt_flags) > -{ > - return true; > -} > -#else > static bool fw_force_sysfs_fallback(unsigned int opt_flags) > { > + if (fw_fallback_config.force_sysfs_fallback) Ok, you directly access it here, but your later patches get a lot more "complex" it seems... thanks, greg k-h