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Date:   Fri, 17 Nov 2023 08:45:59 -0500
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>
Cc:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
        Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>,
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        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: Expand Firmware upload error codes with
 firmware invalid error
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On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 11:27:53AM +0100, Kory Maincent wrote:
> No error code are available to signal an invalid firmware content.
> Drivers that can check the firmware content validity can not return this
> specific failure to the user-space
> 
> Expand the firmware error code with an additional code:
> - "firmware invalid" code which can be used when the provided firmware
>   is invalid
> 
> Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>
> ---
> 
> This patch was initially submitted as part of a net patch series.
> Conor expressed interest in using it in a different subsystem.
> Consequently, I extracted it from the series and submitted it separately
> to the main tree, driver-core.
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231116-feature_poe-v1-7-be48044bf249@bootlin.com/

So you want me to take it through my tree?  Sure, but if you are relying
on this for any other code, it will be a while before it gets into
Linus's tree, not until 6.8-rc1, is that ok?

thanks,

greg k-h