Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sun, 28 Feb 2016 21:57:55 +0100 | From | "Luis R. Rodriguez" <> | Subject | Re: log spammed with "loading xx failed with error -2" since commit e40ba6d56b [replace call to fw_read_file_contents() with kernel version] |
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On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 10:10:57PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote: > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org> wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 05:49:38PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote: > >>> Since this commit my system log is spammed with firmware load errors. One example: > >>> > >>> loading /lib/firmware/updates/4.5.0-rc5-next-20160226/iwlwifi-3160-16.ucode failed with error -2 > >>> loading /lib/firmware/updates/iwlwifi-3160-16.ucode failed with error -2 > >>> loading /lib/firmware/4.5.0-rc5-next-20160226/iwlwifi-3160-16.ucode failed with error -2 > >>> -> finally load attempt from /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-3160-16.ucode succeeds > >>> > >>> Before this commit, when a load from one path in fw_path failed, silently the next path was tried. > >>> Only if all attempts failed an error message was printed. > >>> Now for each single failed attempt an error message is printed what doesn't make sense. > >> > >> To be clear, this is an issue on linux-next, due to the latest merge > >> of Mimi's common kernel file loader pulled recently by James. > >> > >> Heiner, thanks for the report, this patch fixes that. I'll be submitting that > >> now. James, should this go through your tree? Please note I've been meaning to > >> add myself to MAINTAINERS for FIRMWARE_CLASS as requested by Greg at kernel > >> summit as I've been helping with cleanup there but I hadn't done so as I had > >> some pending patches with a full new functionality added. With Mimi's changes > >> merged on linux-next though and the common kernel file loader now done I can > >> follow up with my series of changes after this. > >> > >> Luis > >> > >> From 92e2bd76bf1abb3ce381b8d54ba5486a295af1a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > >> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> > >> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:58:08 -0800 > >> Subject: [PATCH] firmware: change kernel read fail to dev_dbg() > >> > >> When we now use the new kernel_read_file_from_path() we > >> are reporting a failure when we iterate over all the paths > >> possible for firmware. Before using kernel_read_file_from_path() > >> we only reported a failure once we confirmed a file existed > >> with filp_open() but failed with fw_read_file_contents(). > >> > >> With kernel_read_file_from_path() both are done for us and > >> we obviously are now reporting too much information given that > >> some optional paths will always fail and clutter the logs. > >> > >> fw_get_filesystem_firmware() already has a check for failure > >> and uses an internal flag, FW_OPT_NO_WARN, to let users > >> warn or not warn. For instance request_firmware_direct() > >> does not warn as this can be used for optional firmware > >> as it has no usermode helper fallback. In the future we > >> may want to change this, given everyone is disabling the > >> usermode helper anyway now, but for now keep reporting > >> only as was designed. request_firmware_direct() will > >> continue to not report errors as it was designed not to. > >> > >> Reported-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com> > >> Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com> > >> Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > >> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> > >> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org> > >> --- > >> drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 2 +- > >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > >> > >> diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c > >> index 1cff832ab74e..b1cf4d61ffc9 100644 > >> --- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c > >> +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c > >> @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static int fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct device *device, > >> rc = kernel_read_file_from_path(path, &buf->data, &size, > >> INT_MAX, READING_FIRMWARE); > >> if (rc) { > >> - dev_warn(device, "loading %s failed with error %d\n", > >> + dev_dbg(device, "loading %s failed with error %d\n", > >> path, rc); > >> continue; > >> } > >> -- > >> 2.7.0 > >> > > > > I think this should warn on non-ENOENT errors and dbg on ENOENT. What > > do others think? > > Agree, that looks better.
OK then this:
From e63d19975787c0e237a47c17efd01e41b2a8e2fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:58:08 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] firmware: change kernel read fail to dev_dbg()
When we now use the new kernel_read_file_from_path() we are reporting a failure when we iterate over all the paths possible for firmware. Before using kernel_read_file_from_path() we only reported a failure once we confirmed a file existed with filp_open() but failed with fw_read_file_contents().
With kernel_read_file_from_path() both are done for us and we obviously are now reporting too much information given that some optional paths will always fail and clutter the logs.
fw_get_filesystem_firmware() already has a check for failure and uses an internal flag, FW_OPT_NO_WARN, but this does not let us capture other unxpected errors. This enables that as changed by Neil via commit:
"firmware: Be a bit more verbose about direct firmware loading failure"
Reported-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com> Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com> Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org> --- drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c index 1cff832ab74e..9503a88b189b 100644 --- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c @@ -328,8 +328,12 @@ static int fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct device *device, rc = kernel_read_file_from_path(path, &buf->data, &size, INT_MAX, READING_FIRMWARE); if (rc) { - dev_warn(device, "loading %s failed with error %d\n", - path, rc); + if (rc == -ENOENT) + dev_dbg(device, "loading %s failed with error %d\n", + path, rc); + else + dev_warn(device, "loading %s failed with error %d\n", + path, rc); continue; } dev_dbg(device, "direct-loading %s\n", buf->fw_id); -- 2.7.0
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