[PATCH 1/1] efi_loader: improve description of efi_file_from_path()

Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com
Thu Nov 10 14:14:06 CET 2022


Provide a description of the function's logic.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>
---
 lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c
index c96a7f7ca3..ae0ca6101b 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c
@@ -1098,6 +1098,15 @@ static const struct efi_file_handle efi_file_handle_protocol = {
 /**
  * efi_file_from_path() - open file via device path
  *
+ * The device path @fp consist of the device path of the handle with the
+ * simple file system protocol and one or more file path device path nodes.
+ * The concatenation of all file path names provides the total file path.
+ *
+ * The code starts at the first file path node and tries to open that file or
+ * directory. If there is a succeding file path node, the code opens it relative
+ * to this directory and continues iterating until reaching the last file path
+ * node.
+ *
  * @fp:		device path
  * Return:	EFI_FILE_PROTOCOL for the file or NULL
  */
-- 
2.37.2



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