* [PATCH 1/2] firmware_loader: builtin: ignore 0-size firmware
@ 2026-04-26 4:30 Dmitry Torokhov
2026-04-26 4:30 ` [PATCH 2/2] firmware_loader: builtin: fail build on empty firmware Dmitry Torokhov
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dmitry Torokhov @ 2026-04-26 4:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Luis Chamberlain, Russ Weight, Danilo Krummrich; +Cc: driver-core, linux-kernel
Currently, the builtin firmware loader allows 0-size firmware to be
returned successfully to drivers. This differs from all other loading
mechanisms (filesystem, sysfs fallback) which reject 0-byte files, and
forces drivers to add boilerplate size checks.
Modify firmware_request_builtin() to reject 0-size firmware. This will
also result in firmware loader falling back to other mechanisms if an
empty built-in firmware is present.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
---
drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/main.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/main.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/main.c
index d36befebb1b9..1dcebe8e7f8e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/main.c
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ bool firmware_request_builtin(struct firmware *fw, const char *name)
for (b_fw = __start_builtin_fw; b_fw != __end_builtin_fw; b_fw++) {
if (strcmp(name, b_fw->name) == 0) {
+ if (b_fw->size == 0)
+ return false;
fw->size = b_fw->size;
fw->data = b_fw->data;
return true;
--
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2026-04-26 4:30 [PATCH 1/2] firmware_loader: builtin: ignore 0-size firmware Dmitry Torokhov
@ 2026-04-26 4:30 ` Dmitry Torokhov
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dmitry Torokhov @ 2026-04-26 4:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Luis Chamberlain, Russ Weight, Danilo Krummrich; +Cc: driver-core, linux-kernel
If an empty firmware file is supplied via CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE, the
build currently succeeds but creates an empty section. While the
firmware loader will not return such sections it is better to avoid
adding them in the first place.
Add a compile-time size check to the filechk_fwbin macro to abort the
build early if a 0-size firmware is encountered.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
---
drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/Makefile | 32 +++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/Makefile b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/Makefile
index 6c067dedc01e..af5b1bbb31e4 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/Makefile
@@ -16,20 +16,24 @@ ASM_ALIGN = $(if $(CONFIG_64BIT),3,2)
PROGBITS = $(if $(CONFIG_ARM),%,@)progbits
filechk_fwbin = \
- echo "/* Generated by $(src)/Makefile */" ;\
- echo " .section .rodata" ;\
- echo " .p2align 4" ;\
- echo "_fw_$(FWSTR)_bin:" ;\
- echo " .incbin \"$(fwdir)/$(FWNAME)\"" ;\
- echo "_fw_end:" ;\
- echo " .section .rodata.str,\"aMS\",$(PROGBITS),1" ;\
- echo " .p2align $(ASM_ALIGN)" ;\
- echo "_fw_$(FWSTR)_name:" ;\
- echo " .string \"$(FWNAME)\"" ;\
- echo " .section .builtin_fw,\"a\",$(PROGBITS)" ;\
- echo " .p2align $(ASM_ALIGN)" ;\
- echo " $(ASM_WORD) _fw_$(FWSTR)_name" ;\
- echo " $(ASM_WORD) _fw_$(FWSTR)_bin" ;\
+ if [ ! -s "$(fwdir)/$(FWNAME)" ]; then \
+ echo "error: empty firmware: $(fwdir)/$(FWNAME)" >&2 ;\
+ exit ;\
+ fi ;\
+ echo "/* Generated by $(src)/Makefile */" ;\
+ echo " .section .rodata" ;\
+ echo " .p2align 4" ;\
+ echo "_fw_$(FWSTR)_bin:" ;\
+ echo " .incbin \"$(fwdir)/$(FWNAME)\"" ;\
+ echo "_fw_end:" ;\
+ echo " .section .rodata.str,\"aMS\",$(PROGBITS),1" ;\
+ echo " .p2align $(ASM_ALIGN)" ;\
+ echo "_fw_$(FWSTR)_name:" ;\
+ echo " .string \"$(FWNAME)\"" ;\
+ echo " .section .builtin_fw,\"a\",$(PROGBITS)" ;\
+ echo " .p2align $(ASM_ALIGN)" ;\
+ echo " $(ASM_WORD) _fw_$(FWSTR)_name" ;\
+ echo " $(ASM_WORD) _fw_$(FWSTR)_bin" ;\
echo " $(ASM_WORD) _fw_end - _fw_$(FWSTR)_bin"
$(obj)/%.gen.S: FORCE
--
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