[PATCH] ASoC: SOF: loader: release_firmware() on load failure to avoid batching

[Peter Ujfalusi]

From: Marc Herbert <marc.herbert at intel.com>

Invoke release_firmware() when the firmware fails to boot in
sof_probe_continue().

The request_firmware() framework must be informed of failures in
sof_probe_continue() otherwise its internal "batching"
feature (different from caching) cached the firmware image
forever. Attempts to correct the file in /lib/firmware/ were then
silently and confusingly ignored until the next reboot. Unloading the
drivers did not help because from their disconnected perspective the
firmware had failed so there was nothing to release.

Also leverage the new snd_sof_fw_unload() function to simplify the
snd_sof_device_remove() function.

Signed-off-by: Marc Herbert <marc.herbert at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart at linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <guennadi.liakhovetski at linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ranjani Sridharan <ranjani.sridharan at linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi at linux.intel.com>
---
 sound/soc/sof/core.c   | 4 +---
 sound/soc/sof/loader.c | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/core.c b/sound/soc/sof/core.c
index 6be4f159ee35..20082c0f2f39 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/core.c
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ int snd_sof_device_remove(struct device *dev)
 			dev_warn(dev, "error: %d failed to prepare DSP for device removal",
 				 ret);
 
-		snd_sof_fw_unload(sdev);
 		snd_sof_ipc_free(sdev);
 		snd_sof_free_debug(sdev);
 		snd_sof_free_trace(sdev);
@@ -393,8 +392,7 @@ int snd_sof_device_remove(struct device *dev)
 		snd_sof_remove(sdev);
 
 	/* release firmware */
-	release_firmware(pdata->fw);
-	pdata->fw = NULL;
+	snd_sof_fw_unload(sdev);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/loader.c b/sound/soc/sof/loader.c
index 2b38a77cd594..9c3f251a0dd0 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/loader.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/loader.c
@@ -880,5 +880,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_sof_run_firmware);
 void snd_sof_fw_unload(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 {
 	/* TODO: support module unloading at runtime */
+	release_firmware(sdev->pdata->fw);
+	sdev->pdata->fw = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_sof_fw_unload);
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