[PATCH v3.1] firmware: clean up filesystem load exit path

Kees Cook keescook at chromium.org
Thu Feb 4 13:15:02 PST 2016


This makes the error and success paths more readable while trying to
load firmware from the filesystem.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
Cc: Josh Boyer <jwboyer at fedoraproject.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com>
Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof at kernel.org>
Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
Suggested as an alternative to "[PATCH v3 06/22] firmware: fold successful fw read early"
---
 drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 62e052b50aa9..484afbd783f8 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -352,19 +352,17 @@ static int fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct device *device,
 			continue;
 		rc = fw_read_file_contents(file, buf);
 		fput(file);
-		if (rc)
+		if (rc) {
 			dev_warn(device, "loading %s failed with error %d\n",
 				path, rc);
-		else
-			break;
-	}
-	__putname(path);
-
-	if (!rc) {
+			continue;
+		}
 		dev_dbg(device, "direct-loading %s\n",
 			buf->fw_id);
 		fw_finish_direct_load(device, buf);
+		break;
 	}
+	__putname(path);
 
 	return rc;
 }
-- 
2.6.3


-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security



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