Re: [PATCH v2 6/9] xen/gntdev: Add initial support for dma-buf UAPI

Boris Ostrovsky
2018-06-06T21:32:02Z

On 06/06/2018 05:06 AM, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
> On 06/04/2018 11:49 PM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>> On 06/01/2018 07:41 AM, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:

>> +struct gntdev_dmabuf_export_args {
>> +    int dummy;
>> +};
>>
>> Please define the full structure (at least what you have in the next
>> patch) here.
> Ok, will define what I have in the next patch, but won't
> initialize anything until the next patch. Will this work for you?

Sure, I just didn't see the need for the dummy argument that you remove
later.

>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
>>> index 9813fc440c70..7d58dfb3e5e8 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
>> ...
>>
>>>   +#ifdef CONFIG_XEN_GNTDEV_DMABUF
>> This code belongs in gntdev-dmabuf.c.
> The reason I have this code here is that it is heavily
> tied to gntdev's internal functionality, e.g. map/unmap.
> I do not want to extend gntdev's API, so gntdev-dmabuf can
> access these. What is more dma-buf doesn't need to know about
> maps done by gntdev as there is no use of that information
> in gntdev-dmabuf. So, it seems more naturally to have
> dma-buf's related map/unmap code where it is: in gntdev.

Sorry, I don't follow. Why would this require extending the API? It's
just moving routines to a different file that is linked to the same module.

Since this is under CONFIG_XEN_GNTDEV_DMABUF then why shouldn't it be in
gntdev-dmabuf.c? In my view that's the file where all dma-related
"stuff" lives.

-boris

-boris