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staging: vt6656: Keep firmware loading local and release firware.

Firmware is retained unreleased for the entire duration of the
driver.

When done release firmware and if the need be request firmware again.

Signed-off-by: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Malcolm Priestley 12 years ago
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+ 0 - 1
drivers/staging/vt6656/device.h

@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@ typedef struct __device_info {
     struct net_device*          dev;
     struct net_device_stats     stats;
 
-    const struct firmware	*firmware;
 
     OPTIONS                     sOpts;
 

+ 10 - 12
drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c

@@ -61,28 +61,24 @@ FIRMWAREbDownload(
      PSDevice pDevice
     )
 {
+	struct device *dev = &pDevice->usb->dev;
 	const struct firmware *fw;
 	int NdisStatus;
 	void *pBuffer = NULL;
 	BOOL result = FALSE;
 	u16 wLength;
-	int ii;
+	int ii, rc;
+
 
 	DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO"---->Download firmware\n");
 	spin_unlock_irq(&pDevice->lock);
 
-	if (!pDevice->firmware) {
-		struct device *dev = &pDevice->usb->dev;
-		int rc;
-
-		rc = request_firmware(&pDevice->firmware, FIRMWARE_NAME, dev);
-		if (rc) {
-			dev_err(dev, "firmware file %s request failed (%d)\n",
-				FIRMWARE_NAME, rc);
+	rc = request_firmware(&fw, FIRMWARE_NAME, dev);
+	if (rc) {
+		dev_err(dev, "firmware file %s request failed (%d)\n",
+			FIRMWARE_NAME, rc);
 			goto out;
-		}
 	}
-	fw = pDevice->firmware;
 
 	pBuffer = kmalloc(FIRMWARE_CHUNK_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pBuffer)
@@ -103,10 +99,12 @@ FIRMWAREbDownload(
 		DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG,
 			KERN_INFO"Download firmware...%d %zu\n", ii, fw->size);
 		if (NdisStatus != STATUS_SUCCESS)
-			goto out;
+			goto free_fw;
         }
 
 	result = TRUE;
+free_fw:
+	release_firmware(fw);
 
 out:
 	kfree(pBuffer);

+ 0 - 1
drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c

@@ -1219,7 +1219,6 @@ static void __devexit vt6656_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	}
 
 	device_release_WPADEV(device);
-	release_firmware(device->firmware);
 
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
 	usb_put_dev(interface_to_usbdev(intf));