Please apply this patch which fixes as bug and usability issues in the
dell_rbu driver and has some enhancements.
BUG fixes:
The driver used to allocate memory with spinlock held which has been fixed in
this patch.
The driver was printing the entire buffer when it received a invalid entry in
image_type. The fix is to only print a warning message and not the buffer.
Usability enhancements:
It is possible that due to user error the /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu entries
migh be missing, this can happen if the user does the following
echo 1 > /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/loading
echo 0 > /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/loading
This will make the entries in /sys/class/firmware/ to disappear and the only
way get them back was bby unloading and loading the driver.
This patch makes the user recreate these entries by echoing init in to
image_type.
This patch has been tested with Libsmbios and Dell OpenManage.
Signed-off-by: Abhay Salunke <[email protected]>
Thanks
Abhay
diff -uprN linux-2.6.14-rc1.orig/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt linux-2.6.14-rc1.new/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
--- linux-2.6.14-rc1.orig/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt 2005-09-15 15:31:27.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.14-rc1.new/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt 2005-09-16 11:11:25.000000000 -0500
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ the BIOS on Dell servers (starting from
and notebooks (starting from those sold in 2005).
Please go to http://support.dell.com register and you can find info on
OpenManage and Dell Update packages (DUP).
+Libsmbios can also be used to update BIOS on Dell systems go to
+http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/ for details.
Dell_RBU driver supports BIOS update using the monilothic image and packetized
image methods. In case of moniolithic the driver allocates a contiguous chunk
@@ -22,8 +24,8 @@ would place each packet in contiguous ph
maintains a link list of packets for reading them back.
If the dell_rbu driver is unloaded all the allocated memory is freed.
-The rbu driver needs to have an application which will inform the BIOS to
-enable the update in the next system reboot.
+The rbu driver needs to have an application (as mentioned above)which will
+inform the BIOS to enable the update in the next system reboot.
The user should not unload the rbu driver after downloading the BIOS image
or updating.
@@ -42,9 +44,11 @@ In case of packet mechanism the single m
of contiguous memory and the BIOS image is scattered in these packets.
By default the driver uses monolithic memory for the update type. This can be
-changed to contiguous during the driver load time by specifying the load
+changed to packets during the driver load time by specifying the load
parameter image_type=packet. This can also be changed later as below
echo packet > /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/image_type
+Also echoing either mono ,packet or init in to image_type will free up the
+memory allocated by the driver.
Do the steps below to download the BIOS image.
1) echo 1 > /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/loading
@@ -52,10 +56,14 @@ Do the steps below to download the BIOS
3) echo 0 > /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/loading
The /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/ entries will remain till the following is
-done.
-echo -1 > /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/loading
-
+done.
+echo -1 > /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/loading.
Until this step is completed the drivr cannot be unloaded.
+If an user by accident executes steps 1 and 3 above without executing step 2;
+it will make the /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/ entries to disappear.
+The entries can be recreated by doing the following
+echo init > /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/image_type
+NOTE: echoing init in image_type does not change it original value.
Also the driver provides /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/data readonly file to
read back the image downloaded. This is useful in case of packet update
diff -uprN linux-2.6.14-rc1.orig/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c linux-2.6.14-rc1.new/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
--- linux-2.6.14-rc1.orig/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c 2005-09-15 15:31:34.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.14-rc1.new/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c 2005-09-16 11:36:49.000000000 -0500
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
MODULE_AUTHOR("Abhay Salunke <[email protected]>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for updating BIOS image on DELL systems");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_VERSION("1.0");
+MODULE_VERSION("2.0");
#define BIOS_SCAN_LIMIT 0xffffffff
#define MAX_IMAGE_LENGTH 16
@@ -65,10 +65,11 @@ static struct _rbu_data {
unsigned long packet_write_count;
unsigned long num_packets;
unsigned long packetsize;
+ int entry_created;
} rbu_data;
-static char image_type[MAX_IMAGE_LENGTH] = "mono";
-module_param_string(image_type, image_type, sizeof(image_type), 0);
+static char image_type[MAX_IMAGE_LENGTH + 1] = "mono";
+module_param_string(image_type, image_type, sizeof (image_type), 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(image_type, "BIOS image type. choose- mono or packet");
struct packet_data {
@@ -84,7 +85,8 @@ static struct platform_device *rbu_devic
static int context;
static dma_addr_t dell_rbu_dmaaddr;
-static void init_packet_head(void)
+static void
+init_packet_head(void)
{
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&packet_data_head.list);
rbu_data.packet_write_count = 0;
@@ -93,7 +95,8 @@ static void init_packet_head(void)
rbu_data.packetsize = 0;
}
-static int fill_last_packet(void *data, size_t length)
+static int
+fill_last_packet(void *data, size_t length)
{
struct list_head *ptemp_list;
struct packet_data *packet = NULL;
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ static int fill_last_packet(void *data,
if ((rbu_data.packet_write_count + length) > rbu_data.packetsize) {
pr_debug("dell_rbu:%s: packet size data "
- "overrun\n", __FUNCTION__);
+ "overrun\n", __FUNCTION__);
return -EINVAL;
}
@@ -135,7 +138,8 @@ static int fill_last_packet(void *data,
return 0;
}
-static int create_packet(size_t length)
+static int
+create_packet(size_t length)
{
struct packet_data *newpacket;
int ordernum = 0;
@@ -146,12 +150,14 @@ static int create_packet(size_t length)
pr_debug("create_packet: packetsize not specified\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
-
- newpacket = kmalloc(sizeof(struct packet_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+ spin_unlock(&rbu_data.lock);
+ newpacket = kmalloc(sizeof (struct packet_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+ spin_lock(&rbu_data.lock);
+
if (!newpacket) {
printk(KERN_WARNING
- "dell_rbu:%s: failed to allocate new "
- "packet\n", __FUNCTION__);
+ "dell_rbu:%s: failed to allocate new "
+ "packet\n", __FUNCTION__);
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -160,15 +166,17 @@ static int create_packet(size_t length)
* there is no upper limit on memory
* address for packetized mechanism
*/
- newpacket->data = (unsigned char *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL,
- ordernum);
+ spin_unlock(&rbu_data.lock);
+ newpacket->data = (unsigned char *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL,
+ ordernum);
+ spin_lock(&rbu_data.lock);
pr_debug("create_packet: newpacket %p\n", newpacket->data);
if (!newpacket->data) {
printk(KERN_WARNING
- "dell_rbu:%s: failed to allocate new "
- "packet\n", __FUNCTION__);
+ "dell_rbu:%s: failed to allocate new "
+ "packet\n", __FUNCTION__);
kfree(newpacket);
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -190,7 +198,8 @@ static int create_packet(size_t length)
return 0;
}
-static int packetize_data(void *data, size_t length)
+static int
+packetize_data(void *data, size_t length)
{
int rc = 0;
@@ -206,7 +215,7 @@ static int packetize_data(void *data, si
static int
do_packet_read(char *data, struct list_head *ptemp_list,
- int length, int bytes_read, int *list_read_count)
+ int length, int bytes_read, int *list_read_count)
{
void *ptemp_buf;
struct packet_data *newpacket = NULL;
@@ -239,7 +248,8 @@ do_packet_read(char *data, struct list_h
return bytes_copied;
}
-static int packet_read_list(char *data, size_t * pread_length)
+static int
+packet_read_list(char *data, size_t * pread_length)
{
struct list_head *ptemp_list;
int temp_count = 0;
@@ -258,8 +268,7 @@ static int packet_read_list(char *data,
ptemp_list = (&packet_data_head.list)->next;
while (!list_empty(ptemp_list)) {
bytes_copied = do_packet_read(pdest, ptemp_list,
- remaining_bytes, bytes_read,
- &temp_count);
+ remaining_bytes, bytes_read, &temp_count);
remaining_bytes -= bytes_copied;
bytes_read += bytes_copied;
pdest += bytes_copied;
@@ -278,7 +287,8 @@ static int packet_read_list(char *data,
return 0;
}
-static void packet_empty_list(void)
+static void
+packet_empty_list(void)
{
struct list_head *ptemp_list;
struct list_head *pnext_list;
@@ -287,7 +297,7 @@ static void packet_empty_list(void)
ptemp_list = (&packet_data_head.list)->next;
while (!list_empty(ptemp_list)) {
newpacket =
- list_entry(ptemp_list, struct packet_data, list);
+ list_entry(ptemp_list, struct packet_data, list);
pnext_list = ptemp_list->next;
list_del(ptemp_list);
ptemp_list = pnext_list;
@@ -296,8 +306,8 @@ static void packet_empty_list(void)
* to make sure there are no stale RBU packets left in memory
*/
memset(newpacket->data, 0, rbu_data.packetsize);
- free_pages((unsigned long)newpacket->data,
- newpacket->ordernum);
+ free_pages((unsigned long) newpacket->data,
+ newpacket->ordernum);
kfree(newpacket);
}
rbu_data.packet_write_count = 0;
@@ -310,7 +320,8 @@ static void packet_empty_list(void)
* img_update_free: Frees the buffer allocated for storing BIOS image
* Always called with lock held and returned with lock held
*/
-static void img_update_free(void)
+static void
+img_update_free(void)
{
if (!rbu_data.image_update_buffer)
return;
@@ -319,14 +330,13 @@ static void img_update_free(void)
* BIOS image copied in memory.
*/
memset(rbu_data.image_update_buffer, 0,
- rbu_data.image_update_buffer_size);
+ rbu_data.image_update_buffer_size);
if (rbu_data.dma_alloc == 1)
dma_free_coherent(NULL, rbu_data.bios_image_size,
- rbu_data.image_update_buffer,
- dell_rbu_dmaaddr);
+ rbu_data.image_update_buffer, dell_rbu_dmaaddr);
else
- free_pages((unsigned long)rbu_data.image_update_buffer,
- rbu_data.image_update_ordernum);
+ free_pages((unsigned long) rbu_data.image_update_buffer,
+ rbu_data.image_update_ordernum);
/*
* Re-initialize the rbu_data variables after a free
@@ -348,7 +358,8 @@ static void img_update_free(void)
* already allocated size, then that memory is reused. This function is
* called with lock held and returns with lock held.
*/
-static int img_update_realloc(unsigned long size)
+static int
+img_update_realloc(unsigned long size)
{
unsigned char *image_update_buffer = NULL;
unsigned long rc;
@@ -366,7 +377,7 @@ static int img_update_realloc(unsigned l
*/
if ((size != 0) && (rbu_data.image_update_buffer == NULL)) {
printk(KERN_ERR "dell_rbu:%s: corruption "
- "check failed\n", __FUNCTION__);
+ "check failed\n", __FUNCTION__);
return -EINVAL;
}
/*
@@ -385,17 +396,16 @@ static int img_update_realloc(unsigned l
ordernum = get_order(size);
image_update_buffer =
- (unsigned char *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, ordernum);
+ (unsigned char *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, ordernum);
img_buf_phys_addr =
- (unsigned long)virt_to_phys(image_update_buffer);
+ (unsigned long) virt_to_phys(image_update_buffer);
if (img_buf_phys_addr > BIOS_SCAN_LIMIT) {
- free_pages((unsigned long)image_update_buffer, ordernum);
+ free_pages((unsigned long) image_update_buffer, ordernum);
ordernum = -1;
image_update_buffer = dma_alloc_coherent(NULL, size,
- &dell_rbu_dmaaddr,
- GFP_KERNEL);
+ &dell_rbu_dmaaddr, GFP_KERNEL);
dma_alloc = 1;
}
@@ -405,20 +415,21 @@ static int img_update_realloc(unsigned l
rbu_data.image_update_buffer = image_update_buffer;
rbu_data.image_update_buffer_size = size;
rbu_data.bios_image_size =
- rbu_data.image_update_buffer_size;
+ rbu_data.image_update_buffer_size;
rbu_data.image_update_ordernum = ordernum;
rbu_data.dma_alloc = dma_alloc;
rc = 0;
} else {
pr_debug("Not enough memory for image update:"
- "size = %ld\n", size);
+ "size = %ld\n", size);
rc = -ENOMEM;
}
return rc;
}
-static ssize_t read_packet_data(char *buffer, loff_t pos, size_t count)
+static ssize_t
+read_packet_data(char *buffer, loff_t pos, size_t count)
{
int retval;
size_t bytes_left;
@@ -438,7 +449,7 @@ static ssize_t read_packet_data(char *bu
if (pos > imagesize) {
retval = 0;
printk(KERN_WARNING "dell_rbu:read_packet_data: "
- "data underrun\n");
+ "data underrun\n");
goto read_rbu_data_exit;
}
@@ -459,7 +470,8 @@ static ssize_t read_packet_data(char *bu
return retval;
}
-static ssize_t read_rbu_mono_data(char *buffer, loff_t pos, size_t count)
+static ssize_t
+read_rbu_mono_data(char *buffer, loff_t pos, size_t count)
{
unsigned char *ptemp = NULL;
size_t bytes_left = 0;
@@ -468,11 +480,11 @@ static ssize_t read_rbu_mono_data(char *
/* check to see if we have something to return */
if ((rbu_data.image_update_buffer == NULL) ||
- (rbu_data.bios_image_size == 0)) {
+ (rbu_data.bios_image_size == 0)) {
pr_debug("read_rbu_data_mono: image_update_buffer %p ,"
- "bios_image_size %lu\n",
- rbu_data.image_update_buffer,
- rbu_data.bios_image_size);
+ "bios_image_size %lu\n",
+ rbu_data.image_update_buffer,
+ rbu_data.bios_image_size);
ret_count = -ENOMEM;
goto read_rbu_data_exit;
}
@@ -515,9 +527,46 @@ read_rbu_data(struct kobject *kobj, char
return ret_count;
}
+static void
+callbackfn_rbu(const struct firmware *fw, void *context)
+{
+ int rc = 0;
+
+ if (!fw || !fw->size) {
+ rbu_data.entry_created = 0;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ spin_lock(&rbu_data.lock);
+ if (!strcmp(image_type, "mono")) {
+ if (!img_update_realloc(fw->size))
+ memcpy(rbu_data.image_update_buffer,
+ fw->data, fw->size);
+ } else if (!strcmp(image_type, "packet")) {
+ if (!rbu_data.packetsize)
+ rbu_data.packetsize = fw->size;
+ else if (rbu_data.packetsize != fw->size) {
+ packet_empty_list();
+ rbu_data.packetsize = fw->size;
+ }
+ packetize_data(fw->data, fw->size);
+ } else
+ pr_debug("invalid image type specified.\n");
+ spin_unlock(&rbu_data.lock);
+
+ rc = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, FW_ACTION_NOHOTPLUG,
+ "dell_rbu", &rbu_device->dev, &context, callbackfn_rbu);
+ if (rc)
+ printk(KERN_ERR
+ "dell_rbu:%s request_firmware_nowait failed"
+ " %d\n", __FUNCTION__, rc);
+ else
+ rbu_data.entry_created = 1;
+}
+
static ssize_t
read_rbu_image_type(struct kobject *kobj, char *buffer, loff_t pos,
- size_t count)
+ size_t count)
{
int size = 0;
if (!pos)
@@ -527,25 +576,63 @@ read_rbu_image_type(struct kobject *kobj
static ssize_t
write_rbu_image_type(struct kobject *kobj, char *buffer, loff_t pos,
- size_t count)
+ size_t count)
{
int rc = count;
+ int req_firm_rc = 0;
+ int i;
spin_lock(&rbu_data.lock);
+ /*
+ * Find the first newline or space
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < count; ++i)
+ if (buffer[i] == '\n' || buffer[i] == ' ') {
+ buffer[i] = '\0';
+ break;
+ }
+ if (i == count)
+ buffer[count] = '\0';
- if (strlen(buffer) < MAX_IMAGE_LENGTH)
- sscanf(buffer, "%s", image_type);
- else
- printk(KERN_WARNING "dell_rbu: image_type is invalid"
- "max chars = %d, \n incoming str--%s-- \n",
- MAX_IMAGE_LENGTH, buffer);
+ if (strstr(buffer, "mono"))
+ strcpy(image_type, "mono");
+ else if (strstr(buffer, "packet"))
+ strcpy(image_type, "packet");
+ else if (strstr(buffer, "init")) {
+ /*
+ * If due to the user error the driver gets in a bad
+ * state where even though it is loaded , the
+ * /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu entries are missing.
+ * to cover this situation the user can recreate entries
+ * by writing init to image_type.
+ */
+ if (!rbu_data.entry_created) {
+ spin_unlock(&rbu_data.lock);
+ req_firm_rc = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE,
+ FW_ACTION_NOHOTPLUG, "dell_rbu",
+ &rbu_device->dev, &context,
+ callbackfn_rbu);
+ if (req_firm_rc) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR
+ "dell_rbu:%s request_firmware_nowait"
+ " failed %d\n", __FUNCTION__, rc);
+ rc = -EIO;
+ } else
+ rbu_data.entry_created = 1;
+
+ spin_lock(&rbu_data.lock);
+ }
+ } else {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "dell_rbu: image_type is invalid\n");
+ spin_unlock(&rbu_data.lock);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
/* we must free all previous allocations */
packet_empty_list();
img_update_free();
-
spin_unlock(&rbu_data.lock);
+
return rc;
-
}
static struct bin_attribute rbu_data_attr = {
@@ -559,51 +646,19 @@ static struct bin_attribute rbu_image_ty
.write = write_rbu_image_type,
};
-static void callbackfn_rbu(const struct firmware *fw, void *context)
-{
- int rc = 0;
-
- if (!fw || !fw->size)
- return;
-
- spin_lock(&rbu_data.lock);
- if (!strcmp(image_type, "mono")) {
- if (!img_update_realloc(fw->size))
- memcpy(rbu_data.image_update_buffer,
- fw->data, fw->size);
- } else if (!strcmp(image_type, "packet")) {
- if (!rbu_data.packetsize)
- rbu_data.packetsize = fw->size;
- else if (rbu_data.packetsize != fw->size) {
- packet_empty_list();
- rbu_data.packetsize = fw->size;
- }
- packetize_data(fw->data, fw->size);
- } else
- pr_debug("invalid image type specified.\n");
- spin_unlock(&rbu_data.lock);
-
- rc = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, FW_ACTION_NOHOTPLUG,
- "dell_rbu", &rbu_device->dev,
- &context, callbackfn_rbu);
- if (rc)
- printk(KERN_ERR
- "dell_rbu:%s request_firmware_nowait failed"
- " %d\n", __FUNCTION__, rc);
-}
-
-static int __init dcdrbu_init(void)
+static int __init
+dcdrbu_init(void)
{
int rc = 0;
spin_lock_init(&rbu_data.lock);
init_packet_head();
rbu_device =
- platform_device_register_simple("dell_rbu", -1, NULL, 0);
+ platform_device_register_simple("dell_rbu", -1, NULL, 0);
if (!rbu_device) {
printk(KERN_ERR
- "dell_rbu:%s:platform_device_register_simple "
- "failed\n", __FUNCTION__);
+ "dell_rbu:%s:platform_device_register_simple "
+ "failed\n", __FUNCTION__);
return -EIO;
}
@@ -611,17 +666,19 @@ static int __init dcdrbu_init(void)
sysfs_create_bin_file(&rbu_device->dev.kobj, &rbu_image_type_attr);
rc = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, FW_ACTION_NOHOTPLUG,
- "dell_rbu", &rbu_device->dev,
- &context, callbackfn_rbu);
+ "dell_rbu", &rbu_device->dev, &context, callbackfn_rbu);
if (rc)
printk(KERN_ERR "dell_rbu:%s:request_firmware_nowait"
- " failed %d\n", __FUNCTION__, rc);
+ " failed %d\n", __FUNCTION__, rc);
+ else
+ rbu_data.entry_created = 1;
return rc;
}
-static __exit void dcdrbu_exit(void)
+static __exit void
+dcdrbu_exit(void)
{
spin_lock(&rbu_data.lock);
packet_empty_list();
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