From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] staging: ion: create one device entry per heap Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 18:08:22 +0100 Message-ID: <20171128170822.GA22359@kroah.com> References: <1509983985-20950-1-git-send-email-benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> <1509983985-20950-3-git-send-email-benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> <20171128133217.GA29995@kroah.com> <20171128162620.levmpcgaixilwq3n@sirena.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171128162620.levmpcgaixilwq3n@sirena.org.uk> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" To: Mark Brown Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org, arve@android.com, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, riandrews@android.com, dan.carpenter@oracle.com List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org T24gVHVlLCBOb3YgMjgsIDIwMTcgYXQgMDQ6MjY6MjBQTSArMDAwMCwgTWFyayBCcm93biB3cm90 ZToKPiBPbiBUdWUsIE5vdiAyOCwgMjAxNyBhdCAwMjozMjoxN1BNICswMTAwLCBHcmVnIEtIIHdy b3RlOgo+IAo+ID4gV2hlcmUgaXMgdGhlIGRvY3VtZW50YXRpb24gZm9yIHRoZSBuZXcgc3lzZnMg ZmlsZXMgYW5kIHRoZSBuZXcgaW9jdGwKPiAKPiBEaWRuJ3Qgc2VlIGFueSBzeXNmcyBmaWxlcyBp biB0aGVyZT8KCk5ldyBzdHJ1Y3QgZGV2aWNlcyB3ZXJlIGNyZWF0ZWQgYW5kIHJlZ2lzdGVyZWQu ICBXaHkgd291bGQgdGhhdCBoYXBwZW4KaWYgdGhlcmUgd2FzIG5vdCBhIG5lZWQgZm9yIHN5c2Zz IGZpbGVzPyA6KQoKPiA+IGNhbGwgeW91IGFkZGVkPyAgV2hhdCBkaWQgeW91IGRvIHRvIHRlc3Qg dGhpcyBvdXQ/ICBXaGVyZSBhcmUgdGhlIEFPU1AKPiA+IHBhdGNoZXMgdG8gdXNlIHRoaXM/ICBI YXBwZW4gdG8gaGF2ZSBhIFZUUyB0ZXN0IGZvciBpdD8KPiAKPiBEbyB3ZSBuZWVkIHRvIGNvbnZl cnQgQW5kcm9pZCBmb3IgdGhpcyB0byBiZSBhY2NlcHRlZD8gIFRoZSBzaW5nbGUKPiBkZXZpY2Ug aXMgYmVpbmcga2VwdCBhcm91bmQgZm9yIGl0IGFuZCB0aGUgdXNlIGNhc2Ugd2FzIGZyb20gbm9u LUFuZHJvaWQKPiB1c2VycyB3YXNuJ3QgaXQ/CgpTbyB3ZSBhcmUganVzdCBnb2luZyB0byBhZGQg a2VybmVsIGZlYXR1cmVzIHdpdGggbm8gdXNlcnNwYWNlIHVzZXJzIG9mCml0IGF0IGFsbD8gIFdo eSB3b3VsZCB3ZSBkbyB0aGF0PyAgSG93IHdhcyBpdCBldmVuIHRlc3RlZD8KCmdyZWcgay1oCl9f X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fCmRyaS1kZXZlbCBt YWlsaW5nIGxpc3QKZHJpLWRldmVsQGxpc3RzLmZyZWVkZXNrdG9wLm9yZwpodHRwczovL2xpc3Rz LmZyZWVkZXNrdG9wLm9yZy9tYWlsbWFuL2xpc3RpbmZvL2RyaS1kZXZlbAo= From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752111AbdK1RIU (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:08:20 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:59490 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751144AbdK1RIT (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:08:19 -0500 Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 18:08:22 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Mark Brown Cc: Benjamin Gaignard , labbott@redhat.com, sumit.semwal@linaro.org, arve@android.com, riandrews@android.com, dan.carpenter@oracle.com, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] staging: ion: create one device entry per heap Message-ID: <20171128170822.GA22359@kroah.com> References: <1509983985-20950-1-git-send-email-benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> <1509983985-20950-3-git-send-email-benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> <20171128133217.GA29995@kroah.com> <20171128162620.levmpcgaixilwq3n@sirena.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171128162620.levmpcgaixilwq3n@sirena.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 04:26:20PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote: > On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 02:32:17PM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > > > Where is the documentation for the new sysfs files and the new ioctl > > Didn't see any sysfs files in there? New struct devices were created and registered. Why would that happen if there was not a need for sysfs files? :) > > call you added? What did you do to test this out? Where are the AOSP > > patches to use this? Happen to have a VTS test for it? > > Do we need to convert Android for this to be accepted? The single > device is being kept around for it and the use case was from non-Android > users wasn't it? So we are just going to add kernel features with no userspace users of it at all? Why would we do that? How was it even tested? greg k-h