Re: [PATCH v4 01/10] dmaengine: Move enum dma_slave_buswidth to a new header

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 11:54:00AM +0100, Nuno Sá wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 05:53:26PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 09:37:44AM -0500, Frank Li wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 10:29:03AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 09:18:42AM -0500, Frank Li wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 06:25:36PM +0100, Nuno Sá wrote:

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> > > > > >  include/linux/dmaengine.h        | 20 +++-----------------
> > > > >
> > > > > I think it is good to split dmengine consumer and provider header files to
> > > > > hidden dmaengine's detail.
> > > >
> > > > It's indeed desirable change. but isn't it a bit out of scope of the series?
> > > > I suggest to do one step at a time. Would it work for you?
> > > 
> > > Yes, but I hope the file name is finial expected file name. it is okay
> > > just move enum dma_slave_buswidth to there now.
> > 
> > Hmm... The whole split as is in this series is due to bitmap.h and the whole
> > train wreck with headers we have. I haven't checked that particular enum, but
> > if it's possible to gather it in one of provider.h/consumer.h at the end, then
> > yes, we may name file accordingly from day 1.
> 
> Yeah, as I said to Frank that enum is used by both providers and
> consumers so leaving it in types.h makes sense to me. I also realized
> that the current series is relying on widthmask.h (or dmaengine.h to include
> types.h - for the enum). Might be acceptable (and needed for legacy code
> just including dmaengine.h) but I wonder if we should not explicitly include
> types.h for new (or converted) code.

I would take IIO example, id est guarantee engine/types.h to be included by
the headers that need it (by the end users). but it's still fine to include
explicitly in the DMA engine core.

> > > > > suggest name
> > > > > 	dma/engine.h
> > > > >
> > > > > so we can start move more API to this files.
> > > > >
> > > > > after all user include this consumer header file,  old
> > > > > include/linux/dmaengine.h rename to include/linux/dmaengine-provider.h,
> > > > > which only include by dmaengine drivers.
> > > >
> > > > Traditional naming would be
> > > > dma/engine/provider.h
> > > > dma/engine/consumer.h

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko