History log of /linux-master/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
Revision Date Author Comments
# effd7c70 26-Oct-2023 Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@quicinc.com>

firmware_loader: Abort all upcoming firmware load request once reboot triggered

There could be following scenario where there is a ongoing reboot
is going from processA which tries to call all the reboot notifier
callback and one of them is firmware reboot call which tries to
abort all the ongoing firmware userspace request under fw_lock but
there could be another processB which tries to do request firmware,
which came just after abort done from ProcessA and ask for userspace
to load the firmware and this can stop the ongoing reboot ProcessA
to stall for next 60s(default timeout) which may not be expected
behaviour everyone like to see, instead we should abort any firmware
load request which came once firmware knows about the reboot through
notification.

ProcessA ProcessB

kernel_restart_prepare
blocking_notifier_call_chain
fw_shutdown_notify
kill_pending_fw_fallback_reqs
__fw_load_abort
fw_state_aborted request_firmware
__fw_state_set firmware_fallback_sysfs
... fw_load_from_user_helper
.. ...
. ..
usermodehelper_read_trylock
fw_load_sysfs_fallback
fw_sysfs_wait_timeout
usermodehelper_disable
__usermodehelper_disable
down_write()

Signed-off-by: Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@quicinc.com>
Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1698330459-31776-2-git-send-email-quic_mojha@quicinc.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# bd328def 25-Nov-2022 Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>

firmware_loader: remove #include <generated/utsrelease.h>

utsrelease.h is potentially generated on each build.
By removing this unused include we can get rid of some spurious
recompilations.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Reviewed-by: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>


# 97730bbb 21-Apr-2022 Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com>

firmware_loader: Add firmware-upload support

Extend the firmware subsystem to support a persistent sysfs interface that
userspace may use to initiate a firmware update. For example, FPGA based
PCIe cards load firmware and FPGA images from local FLASH when the card
boots. The images in FLASH may be updated with new images provided by the
user at his/her convenience.

A device driver may call firmware_upload_register() to expose persistent
"loading" and "data" sysfs files. These files are used in the same way as
the fallback sysfs "loading" and "data" files. When 0 is written to
"loading" to complete the write of firmware data, the data is transferred
to the lower-level driver using pre-registered call-back functions. The
data transfer is done in the context of a kernel worker thread.

Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Tianfei zhang <tianfei.zhang@intel.com>
Tested-by: Matthew Gerlach <matthew.gerlach@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220421212204.36052-5-russell.h.weight@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# 736da0b6 21-Apr-2022 Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com>

firmware_loader: Check fw_state_is_done in loading_store

Rename fw_sysfs_done() and fw_sysfs_loading() to fw_state_is_done() and
fw_state_is_loading() respectively, and place them along side companion
functions in drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h.

Use the fw_state_is_done() function to exit early from
firmware_loading_store() if the state is already "done". This is being done
in preparation for supporting persistent sysfs nodes to allow userspace to
upload firmware to a device, potentially reusing the sysfs loading and data
files multiple times.

Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Tianfei zhang <tianfei.zhang@intel.com>
Tested-by: Matthew Gerlach <matthew.gerlach@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220421212204.36052-3-russell.h.weight@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# 48d09e97 21-Oct-2021 Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>

firmware_loader: formalize built-in firmware API

Formalize the built-in firmware with a proper API. This can later
be used by other callers where all they need is built-in firmware.

We export the firmware_request_builtin() call for now only
under the TEST_FIRMWARE symbol namespace as there are no
direct modular users for it. If they pop up they are free
to export it generally. Built-in code always gets access to
the callers and we'll demonstrate a hidden user which has been
lurking in the kernel for a while and the reason why using a
proper API was better long term.

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211021155843.1969401-2-mcgrof@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# 75d95e2e 28-Jul-2021 Anirudh Rayabharam <mail@anirudhrb.com>

firmware_loader: fix use-after-free in firmware_fallback_sysfs

This use-after-free happens when a fw_priv object has been freed but
hasn't been removed from the pending list (pending_fw_head). The next
time fw_load_sysfs_fallback tries to insert into the list, it ends up
accessing the pending_list member of the previously freed fw_priv.

The root cause here is that all code paths that abort the fw load
don't delete it from the pending list. For example:

_request_firmware()
-> fw_abort_batch_reqs()
-> fw_state_aborted()

To fix this, delete the fw_priv from the list in __fw_set_state() if
the new state is DONE or ABORTED. This way, all aborts will remove
the fw_priv from the list. Accordingly, remove calls to list_del_init
that were being made before calling fw_state_(aborted|done).

Also, in fw_load_sysfs_fallback, don't add the fw_priv to the pending
list if it is already aborted. Instead, just jump out and return early.

Fixes: bcfbd3523f3c ("firmware: fix a double abort case with fw_load_sysfs_fallback")
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Reported-by: syzbot+de271708674e2093097b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Tested-by: syzbot+de271708674e2093097b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Anirudh Rayabharam <mail@anirudhrb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210728085107.4141-3-mail@anirudhrb.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# 59cdb23c 02-Oct-2020 Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com>

firmware: Add request_partial_firmware_into_buf()

Add request_partial_firmware_into_buf() to allow for portions of a
firmware file to be read into a buffer. This is needed when large firmware
must be loaded in portions from a file on memory constrained systems.

Signed-off-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com>
Co-developed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201002173828.2099543-16-keescook@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# 89287c16 02-Oct-2020 Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

firmware: Store opt_flags in fw_priv

Instead of passing opt_flags around so much, store it in the private
structure so it can be examined by internals without needing to add more
arguments to functions.

Co-developed-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201002173828.2099543-15-keescook@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# 4965b8cd 20-Aug-2020 Prateek Sood <prsood@codeaurora.org>

firmware_loader: fix memory leak for paged buffer

vfree() is being called on paged buffer allocated
using alloc_page() and mapped using vmap().

Freeing of pages in vfree() relies on nr_pages of
struct vm_struct. vmap() does not update nr_pages.
It can lead to memory leaks.

Fixes: ddaf29fd9bb6 ("firmware: Free temporary page table after vmapping")
Signed-off-by: Prateek Sood <prsood@codeaurora.org>
Reviewed-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1597957070-27185-1-git-send-email-prsood@codeaurora.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# c2c07616 22-May-2020 Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com>

firmware_loader: change enum fw_opt to u32

"enum fw_opt" is not used as an enum.
Change fw_opt to u32 as FW_OPT_* values are OR'd together.

Signed-off-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com>
Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200522231202.13681-1-scott.branden@broadcom.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# e4c2c0ff 15-Jan-2020 Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>

firmware: Add new platform fallback mechanism and firmware_request_platform()

In some cases the platform's main firmware (e.g. the UEFI fw) may contain
an embedded copy of device firmware which needs to be (re)loaded into the
peripheral. Normally such firmware would be part of linux-firmware, but in
some cases this is not feasible, for 2 reasons:

1) The firmware is customized for a specific use-case of the chipset / use
with a specific hardware model, so we cannot have a single firmware file
for the chipset. E.g. touchscreen controller firmwares are compiled
specifically for the hardware model they are used with, as they are
calibrated for a specific model digitizer.

2) Despite repeated attempts we have failed to get permission to
redistribute the firmware. This is especially a problem with customized
firmwares, these get created by the chip vendor for a specific ODM and the
copyright may partially belong with the ODM, so the chip vendor cannot
give a blanket permission to distribute these.

This commit adds a new platform fallback mechanism to the firmware loader
which will try to lookup a device fw copy embedded in the platform's main
firmware if direct filesystem lookup fails.

Drivers which need such embedded fw copies can enable this fallback
mechanism by using the new firmware_request_platform() function.

Note that for now this is only supported on EFI platforms and even on
these platforms firmware_fallback_platform() only works if
CONFIG_EFI_EMBEDDED_FIRMWARE is enabled (this gets selected by drivers
which need this), in all other cases firmware_fallback_platform() simply
always returns -ENOENT.

Reported-by: Dave Olsthoorn <dave@bewaar.me>
Suggested-by: Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200115163554.101315-5-hdegoede@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# 85db1cde 15-Jan-2020 Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>

firmware: Rename FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK to FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK_SYSFS

This is a preparation patch for adding a new platform fallback mechanism,
which will have its own enable/disable FW_OPT_xxx option.

Note this also fixes a typo in one of the re-wordwrapped comments:
enfoce -> enforce.

Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200115163554.101315-4-hdegoede@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# 333a2101 23-Jul-2019 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

firmware: Fix missing inline

I mistakenly dropped the inline while resolving the patch conflicts in
the previous fix patch. Without inline, we get compiler warnings wrt
unused functions.

Note that Mauro's original patch contained the correct changes; it's
all my fault to submit a patch before a morning coffee.

Fixes: c8917b8ff09e ("firmware: fix build errors in paged buffer handling code")
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190723081159.22624-1-tiwai@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# c8917b8f 21-Jul-2019 Mauro Rossi <issor.oruam@gmail.com>

firmware: fix build errors in paged buffer handling code

fw_{grow,map}_paged_buf() need to be defined as static inline
when CONFIG_FW_LOADER_PAGED_BUF is not enabled,
infact fw_free_paged_buf() is also defined as static inline
when CONFIG_FW_LOADER_PAGED_BUF is not enabled.

Fixes the following mutiple definition building errors for Android kernel:

drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_efi.o: In function `fw_grow_paged_buf':
fallback_efi.c:(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `fw_grow_paged_buf'
drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.o:(.text+0x73b): first defined here
drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_efi.o: In function `fw_map_paged_buf':
fallback_efi.c:(.text+0xf): multiple definition of `fw_map_paged_buf'
drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.o:(.text+0x74a): first defined here

[ slightly corrected the patch description -- tiwai ]

Fixes: 5342e7093ff2 ("firmware: Factor out the paged buffer handling code")
Fixes: 82fd7a8142a1 ("firmware: Add support for loading compressed files")
Signed-off-by: Mauro Rossi <issor.oruam@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190722055536.15342-1-tiwai@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# 82fd7a81 11-Jun-2019 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

firmware: Add support for loading compressed files

This patch adds the support for loading compressed firmware files.
The primary motivation is to reduce the storage size; e.g. currently
the files in /lib/firmware on my machine counts up to 419MB, while
they can be reduced to 130MB by file compression.

The patch introduces a new kconfig option CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS.
Even with this option set, the firmware loader still tries to load the
original firmware file as-is at first, but then falls back to the file
with ".xz" extension when it's not found, and the decompressed file
content is returned to the caller of request_firmware(). So, no
change is needed for the rest.

Currently only XZ format is supported. A caveat is that the kernel XZ
helper code supports only CRC32 (or none) integrity check type, so
you'll have to compress the files via xz -C crc32 option.

Since we can't determine the expanded size immediately from an XZ
file, the patch re-uses the paged buffer that was used for the
user-mode fallback; it puts the decompressed content page, which are
vmapped at the end. The paged buffer code is conditionally built with
a new Kconfig that is selected automatically.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# 5342e709 11-Jun-2019 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

firmware: Factor out the paged buffer handling code

This is merely a preparation for the upcoming compressed firmware
support and no functional changes. It moves the code to handle the
paged buffer allocation and mapping out of fallback.c into the main
code, so that they can be used commonly.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# 8f58570b 20-May-2019 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

firmware: Unify the paged buffer release helper

Use a common helper to release the paged buffer resources.
This is rather a preparation for the upcoming decompression support.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# cf1cde7c 10-May-2018 Andres Rodriguez <andresx7@gmail.com>

firmware: rename fw_sysfs_fallback to firmware_fallback_sysfs()

This is done since this call is now exposed through kernel-doc,
and since this also paves the way for different future types of
fallback mechanims.

Signed-off-by: Andres Rodriguez <andresx7@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
[mcgrof: small coding style changes]
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# eb33eb04 10-May-2018 Andres Rodriguez <andresx7@gmail.com>

firmware: wrap FW_OPT_* into an enum

This should let us associate enum kdoc to these values.
While at it, kdocify the fw_opt.

Signed-off-by: Andres Rodriguez <andresx7@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
[mcgrof: coding style fixes, merge kdoc with enum move]
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# 5d6d1ddd 10-Mar-2018 Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>

firmware: move firmware loader into its own directory

This will make it much easier to manage as we manage to
keep trimming componnents down into their own files to more
easily manage and maintain this codebase.

Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>