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authorHeinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>2019-02-04 21:24:35 +0100
committerHeinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>2019-02-16 15:42:19 +0100
commit95288b1e94dbc0af9be969d12e82bf593dfb9044 (patch)
tree0285909313d4079bad83c6f40691565f54246405 /lib
parentcaf6d2fd1a0c4c8eb2b8125c10a9d6bc37676e1a (diff)
downloadu-boot-95288b1e94dbc0af9be969d12e82bf593dfb9044.tar.gz
efi_loader: comments for efi_file_from_path()
Add more comments for efi_file_from_path(). Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c
index 4b4422205d..3a7323765b 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c
@@ -641,6 +641,12 @@ static const struct efi_file_handle efi_file_handle_protocol = {
.flush = efi_file_flush,
};
+/**
+ * efi_file_from_path() - open file via device path
+ *
+ * @fp: device path
+ * @return: EFI_FILE_PROTOCOL for the file or NULL
+ */
struct efi_file_handle *efi_file_from_path(struct efi_device_path *fp)
{
struct efi_simple_file_system_protocol *v;
@@ -655,10 +661,14 @@ struct efi_file_handle *efi_file_from_path(struct efi_device_path *fp)
if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
return NULL;
- /* skip over device-path nodes before the file path: */
+ /* Skip over device-path nodes before the file path. */
while (fp && !EFI_DP_TYPE(fp, MEDIA_DEVICE, FILE_PATH))
fp = efi_dp_next(fp);
+ /*
+ * Step through the nodes of the directory path until the actual file
+ * node is reached which is the final node in the device path.
+ */
while (fp) {
struct efi_device_path_file_path *fdp =
container_of(fp, struct efi_device_path_file_path, dp);