From: Greg KH <gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
To: Antonios Motakis
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 01/10] driver core: export driver_probe_device()
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:27:16 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140214222716.GA11838@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1391880580-471-2-git-send-email-a.motakis-lrHrjnjw1UfHK3s98zE1ajGjJy/sRE9J@public.gmane.org>
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 06:29:31PM +0100, Antonios Motakis wrote:
> From: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
>
> Needed by drivers, such as the vfio platform driver [1], seeking to
> bypass bind_store()'s driver_match_device(), and bind to any device
> via a private sysfs bind file.
>
> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/12/11/522
>
> note: the EXPORT_SYMBOL is needed because vfio-platform can be built
> as a module.
No code outside of drivers/base/ should be calling this function, you
are doing something wrong in your bus if you want to do this, please fix
your bus code.
sorry, I can't accept this at all.
greg k-h
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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Antonios Motakis <a.motakis@virtualopensystems.com>
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Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@samsung.com>,
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Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 01/10] driver core: export driver_probe_device()
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:27:16 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140214222716.GA11838@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1391880580-471-2-git-send-email-a.motakis@virtualopensystems.com>
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 06:29:31PM +0100, Antonios Motakis wrote:
> From: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@linaro.org>
>
> Needed by drivers, such as the vfio platform driver [1], seeking to
> bypass bind_store()'s driver_match_device(), and bind to any device
> via a private sysfs bind file.
>
> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/12/11/522
>
> note: the EXPORT_SYMBOL is needed because vfio-platform can be built
> as a module.
No code outside of drivers/base/ should be calling this function, you
are doing something wrong in your bus if you want to do this, please fix
your bus code.
sorry, I can't accept this at all.
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-14 22:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 92+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-08 17:29 [RFC PATCH v4 00/10] VFIO support for platform devices Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` Antonios Motakis
[not found] ` <1391880580-471-1-git-send-email-a.motakis-lrHrjnjw1UfHK3s98zE1ajGjJy/sRE9J@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-08 17:29 ` [RFC PATCH v4 01/10] driver core: export driver_probe_device() Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` Antonios Motakis
[not found] ` <1391880580-471-2-git-send-email-a.motakis-lrHrjnjw1UfHK3s98zE1ajGjJy/sRE9J@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-14 22:27 ` Greg KH [this message]
2014-02-14 22:27 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20140214222716.GA11838-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-14 23:00 ` Stuart Yoder
[not found] ` <ba7597fd8c9f4d91bbccfb42e31a165e-ufbTtyGzTTT8GZusEWM6WuO6mTEJWrR4XA4E9RH9d+qIuWR1G4zioA@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-15 2:47 ` Greg KH
2014-02-15 2:47 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20140215024725.GA2542-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-15 16:33 ` Stuart Yoder
2014-02-15 16:33 ` Stuart Yoder
[not found] ` <7043e1edd9974de590dcb392cd8aff14-ufbTtyGzTTT8GZusEWM6WuO6mTEJWrR4XA4E9RH9d+qIuWR1G4zioA@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-15 17:33 ` Greg KH
2014-02-15 17:33 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20140215173348.GA8056-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-15 18:19 ` Stuart Yoder
2014-02-15 18:19 ` Stuart Yoder
[not found] ` <38f0473542954fe8b312a1f7b61a3d21-ufbTtyGzTTT8GZusEWM6WuO6mTEJWrR4XA4E9RH9d+qIuWR1G4zioA@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-18 0:38 ` Scott Wood
2014-02-18 0:38 ` Scott Wood
2014-02-20 22:34 ` Stuart Yoder
2014-02-20 22:34 ` Stuart Yoder
[not found] ` <b6374a0f30194969ba4622ff2f58ae65-ufbTtyGzTTT8GZusEWM6WuO6mTEJWrR4XA4E9RH9d+qIuWR1G4zioA@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-20 22:43 ` Greg KH
2014-02-20 22:43 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20140220224337.GA20097-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-06 22:25 ` Stuart Yoder
2014-03-06 22:25 ` Stuart Yoder
2014-03-26 1:40 ` mechanism to allow a driver to bind to any device Stuart Yoder
2014-03-26 1:40 ` Stuart Yoder
[not found] ` <54cd150235ba4954becdd12f725c5ebd-ufbTtyGzTTT8GZusEWM6WuO6mTEJWrR4XA4E9RH9d+qIuWR1G4zioA@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-26 14:40 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
[not found] ` <20140326144025.GA18387-6K5HmflnPlqSPmnEAIUT9EEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-26 15:06 ` Alexander Graf
[not found] ` <D45FC8F2-7807-4BBB-A253-8EFCD091D6BD-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-26 16:21 ` Alex Williamson
[not found] ` <1395850862.632.247.camel-85EaTFmN5p//9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-26 16:32 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2014-03-26 16:32 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
[not found] ` <20140326163209.GB21368-6K5HmflnPlqSPmnEAIUT9EEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-26 16:49 ` Alex Williamson
2014-03-26 16:49 ` Alex Williamson
[not found] ` <1395852592.632.253.camel-85EaTFmN5p//9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-26 17:04 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2014-03-26 17:04 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
[not found] ` <20140326170406.GA22902-6K5HmflnPlqSPmnEAIUT9EEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-26 17:26 ` Alex Williamson
2014-03-26 17:26 ` Alex Williamson
2014-03-26 17:51 ` Stuart Yoder
2014-03-26 22:09 ` Alex Williamson
[not found] ` <1395871761.632.316.camel-85EaTFmN5p//9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-28 16:58 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2014-03-28 16:58 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
[not found] ` <20140328165809.GA12659-6K5HmflnPlqSPmnEAIUT9EEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-28 17:10 ` Alex Williamson
2014-03-28 17:10 ` Alex Williamson
[not found] ` <1396026623.4502.34.camel-85EaTFmN5p//9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-31 22:36 ` Kim Phillips
2014-03-31 22:36 ` Kim Phillips
[not found] ` <20140331173627.e4abfb3397287c3b9aff6606-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-31 23:52 ` Alex Williamson
2014-03-31 23:52 ` Alex Williamson
2014-03-31 18:47 ` Stuart Yoder
2014-03-31 18:47 ` Stuart Yoder
[not found] ` <7d1b495cdb6a415e8d3b7f60f409991c-ufbTtyGzTTT8GZusEWM6WuO6mTEJWrR4XA4E9RH9d+qIuWR1G4zioA@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-31 19:47 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20140331194705.GA13014-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-31 20:23 ` Stuart Yoder
[not found] ` <c6a10ce9bfd84287b5c5aa3809987b2b-ufbTtyGzTTT8GZusEWM6WuO6mTEJWrR4XA4E9RH9d+qIuWR1G4zioA@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-31 22:32 ` Kim Phillips
2014-03-31 22:32 ` Kim Phillips
2014-03-31 18:32 ` Stuart Yoder
2014-03-31 18:32 ` Stuart Yoder
2014-03-26 16:24 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2014-03-26 15:32 ` Stuart Yoder
2014-03-26 21:39 ` Antonios Motakis
2014-03-26 21:39 ` Antonios Motakis
[not found] ` <CAG8rG2xCvCGJWwZTnkia5GD3BVJZB9SmKOm79T6Q1FnhgB+urw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-28 6:59 ` Greg KH
2014-03-28 6:59 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20140328065942.GB14619-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-31 18:21 ` Stuart Yoder
2014-03-26 21:42 ` Antonios Motakis
2014-03-26 21:42 ` Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` [RFC PATCH v4 02/10] VFIO_IOMMU_TYPE1: Introduce the VFIO_DMA_MAP_FLAG_EXEC flag Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` Antonios Motakis
[not found] ` <1391880580-471-3-git-send-email-a.motakis-lrHrjnjw1UfHK3s98zE1ajGjJy/sRE9J@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-10 20:04 ` Alex Williamson
2014-02-10 20:04 ` Alex Williamson
2014-02-08 17:29 ` [RFC PATCH v4 03/10] VFIO_IOMMU_TYPE1: workaround to build for platform devices Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` [RFC PATCH v4 05/10] VFIO_PLATFORM: Return info for device and its memory mapped IO regions Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` Antonios Motakis
[not found] ` <1391880580-471-6-git-send-email-a.motakis-lrHrjnjw1UfHK3s98zE1ajGjJy/sRE9J@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-10 22:32 ` Alex Williamson
2014-02-10 22:32 ` Alex Williamson
2014-02-08 17:29 ` [RFC PATCH v4 06/10] VFIO_PLATFORM: Read and write support for the device fd Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` Antonios Motakis
[not found] ` <1391880580-471-7-git-send-email-a.motakis-lrHrjnjw1UfHK3s98zE1ajGjJy/sRE9J@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-10 22:45 ` Alex Williamson
2014-02-10 22:45 ` Alex Williamson
[not found] ` <1392072326.15608.181.camel-85EaTFmN5p//9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-10 23:12 ` Scott Wood
2014-02-10 23:12 ` Scott Wood
[not found] ` <1392073951.6733.383.camel-88ow+0ZRuxG2UiBs7uKeOtHuzzzSOjJt@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-10 23:20 ` Alex Williamson
2014-02-10 23:20 ` Alex Williamson
2014-02-08 17:29 ` [RFC PATCH v4 07/10] VFIO_PLATFORM: Support MMAP of MMIO regions Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` [RFC PATCH v4 08/10] VFIO_PLATFORM: Return IRQ info Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` [RFC PATCH v4 09/10] VFIO_PLATFORM: Initial interrupts support Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` [RFC PATCH v4 10/10] VFIO_PLATFORM: Support for maskable and automasked interrupts Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` Antonios Motakis
2014-02-08 17:29 ` [RFC PATCH v4 04/10] VFIO_PLATFORM: Initial skeleton of VFIO support for platform devices Antonios Motakis
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-03-06 22:31 [RFC PATCH v4 01/10] driver core: export driver_probe_device() Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2014-03-06 22:31 Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
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