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

Ilias Apalodimas ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org
Thu Nov 10 14:37:18 CET 2022


On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 at 15:14, Heinrich Schuchardt
<heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com> wrote:
>
> 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

consists of

> + * 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
>

Reviewed-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>


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