include/linux/firmware.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/linux/firmware.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/linux/firmware.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 6776 bytes
- Lines
- 227
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/types.hlinux/compiler.hlinux/cleanup.hlinux/gfp.h
Detected Declarations
struct firmwarestruct fw_uploadstruct fw_upload_opsstruct modulestruct deviceenum fw_upload_errfunction firmware_request_builtinfunction request_firmwarefunction firmware_request_nowait_nowarnfunction firmware_request_nowarnfunction firmware_request_platformfunction request_firmware_nowaitfunction request_firmware_nowait_cancelfunction request_firmware_into_buffunction request_partial_firmware_into_buffunction firmware_upload_registerfunction firmware_upload_unregister
Annotated Snippet
struct firmware {
size_t size;
const u8 *data;
/* firmware loader private fields */
void *priv;
};
/**
* enum fw_upload_err - firmware upload error codes
* @FW_UPLOAD_ERR_NONE: returned to indicate success
* @FW_UPLOAD_ERR_HW_ERROR: error signalled by hardware, see kernel log
* @FW_UPLOAD_ERR_TIMEOUT: SW timed out on handshake with HW/firmware
* @FW_UPLOAD_ERR_CANCELED: upload was cancelled by the user
* @FW_UPLOAD_ERR_BUSY: there is an upload operation already in progress
* @FW_UPLOAD_ERR_INVALID_SIZE: invalid firmware image size
* @FW_UPLOAD_ERR_RW_ERROR: read or write to HW failed, see kernel log
* @FW_UPLOAD_ERR_WEAROUT: FLASH device is approaching wear-out, wait & retry
* @FW_UPLOAD_ERR_FW_INVALID: invalid firmware file
* @FW_UPLOAD_ERR_MAX: Maximum error code marker
*/
enum fw_upload_err {
FW_UPLOAD_ERR_NONE,
FW_UPLOAD_ERR_HW_ERROR,
FW_UPLOAD_ERR_TIMEOUT,
FW_UPLOAD_ERR_CANCELED,
FW_UPLOAD_ERR_BUSY,
FW_UPLOAD_ERR_INVALID_SIZE,
FW_UPLOAD_ERR_RW_ERROR,
FW_UPLOAD_ERR_WEAROUT,
FW_UPLOAD_ERR_FW_INVALID,
FW_UPLOAD_ERR_MAX
};
struct fw_upload {
void *dd_handle; /* reference to parent driver */
void *priv; /* firmware loader private fields */
};
/**
* struct fw_upload_ops - device specific operations to support firmware upload
* @prepare: Required: Prepare secure update
* @write: Required: The write() op receives the remaining
* size to be written and must return the actual
* size written or a negative error code. The write()
* op will be called repeatedly until all data is
* written.
* @poll_complete: Required: Check for the completion of the
* HW authentication/programming process.
* @cancel: Required: Request cancellation of update. This op
* is called from the context of a different kernel
* thread, so race conditions need to be considered.
* @cleanup: Optional: Complements the prepare()
* function and is called at the completion
* of the update, on success or failure, if the
* prepare function succeeded.
*/
struct fw_upload_ops {
enum fw_upload_err (*prepare)(struct fw_upload *fw_upload,
const u8 *data, u32 size);
enum fw_upload_err (*write)(struct fw_upload *fw_upload,
const u8 *data, u32 offset,
u32 size, u32 *written);
enum fw_upload_err (*poll_complete)(struct fw_upload *fw_upload);
void (*cancel)(struct fw_upload *fw_upload);
void (*cleanup)(struct fw_upload *fw_upload);
};
struct module;
struct device;
/*
* Built-in firmware functionality is only available if FW_LOADER=y, but not
* FW_LOADER=m
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER
bool firmware_request_builtin(struct firmware *fw, const char *name);
#else
static inline bool firmware_request_builtin(struct firmware *fw,
const char *name)
{
return false;
}
#endif
#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_FW_LOADER)
int request_firmware(const struct firmware **fw, const char *name,
struct device *device);
int firmware_request_nowait_nowarn(
struct module *module, const char *name,
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/types.h`, `linux/compiler.h`, `linux/cleanup.h`, `linux/gfp.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct firmware`, `struct fw_upload`, `struct fw_upload_ops`, `struct module`, `struct device`, `enum fw_upload_err`, `function firmware_request_builtin`, `function request_firmware`, `function firmware_request_nowait_nowarn`, `function firmware_request_nowarn`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.