1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/ihex.h b/include/linux/ihex.h
index df89edd890ae..2baace2788a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/ihex.h
+++ b/include/linux/ihex.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
 
 /* Intel HEX files actually limit the length to 256 bytes, but we have
    drivers which would benefit from using separate records which are
@@ -47,4 +48,27 @@ static inline int ihex_validate_fw(const struct firmware *fw)
         }
         return -EINVAL;
 }
+
+/* Request firmware and validate it so that we can trust we won't
+ * run off the end while reading records... */
+static inline int request_ihex_firmware(const struct firmware **fw,
+                                        const char *fw_name,
+                                        struct device *dev)
+{
+        const struct firmware *lfw;
+        int ret;
+
+        ret = request_firmware(&lfw, fw_name, dev);
+        if (ret)
+                return ret;
+        ret = ihex_validate_fw(lfw);
+        if (ret) {
+                dev_err(dev, "Firmware \"%s\" not valid IHEX records\n",
+                        fw_name);
+                release_firmware(lfw);
+                return ret;
+        }
+        *fw = lfw;
+        return 0;
+}
 #endif /* __LINUX_IHEX_H__ */