1/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ 2#include <linux/fs.h> 3 4/** 5 * mod_firmware_load - load sound driver firmware 6 * @fn: filename 7 * @fp: return for the buffer. 8 * 9 * Load the firmware for a sound module (up to 128K) into a buffer. 10 * The buffer is returned in *fp. It is allocated with vmalloc so is 11 * virtually linear and not DMAable. The caller should free it with 12 * vfree when finished. 13 * 14 * The length of the buffer is returned on a successful load, the 15 * value zero on a failure. 16 * 17 * Caution: This API is not recommended. Firmware should be loaded via 18 * request_firmware. 19 */ 20static inline int mod_firmware_load(const char *fn, char **fp) 21{ 22 loff_t size; 23 int err; 24 25 err = kernel_read_file_from_path(fn, (void **)fp, &size, 26 131072, READING_FIRMWARE); 27 if (err < 0) 28 return 0; 29 return size; 30} 31