From: Christoph Hellwig <hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
To: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>,
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jmoyer <jmoyer-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
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Andrew Morton
<akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 05/21] libnvdimm: control (ioctl) messages for libnvdimm bus and dimm devices
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 09:33:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150610073316.GB3369@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPcyv4jmHpg4YrseBWH-k=achv4N-V8n2X0CkFw+-AFsiRuH8A-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 11:57:42PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> Data payload size for one, these commands transfer more than a page
> worth of data at a time.
>
> Even if we killed the ioctl interface to userspace we still need all
> the ugly data marshaling code in the kernel to craft properly
> formatted ACPI _DSM messages. I try to share as much common
> infrastructure from the ACPI _DSM implementation to the ioctl
> interface (nd_cmd_dimm_desc() + nd_cmd_bus_desc()).
Ok. Not a fan of these dual interfaces but in this case they might be
justified.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-10 7:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-02 0:14 [PATCH v5 00/21] libnvdimm: non-volatile memory devices Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:14 ` [PATCH v5 01/21] e820, efi: add ACPI 6.0 persistent memory types Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:14 ` [PATCH v5 02/21] libnvdimm, nfit: initial libnvdimm infrastructure and NFIT support Dan Williams
2015-06-03 14:57 ` Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <20150603145704.GA22311-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-03 19:24 ` Williams, Dan J
[not found] ` <1433359473.21035.27.camel-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-09 6:33 ` hch-jcswGhMUV9g
2015-06-09 22:27 ` Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:14 ` [PATCH v5 03/21] libnvdimm: control character device and libnvdimm bus sysfs attributes Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:14 ` [PATCH v5 04/21] libnvdimm, nfit: dimm/memory-devices Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:14 ` [PATCH v5 05/21] libnvdimm: control (ioctl) messages for libnvdimm bus and dimm devices Dan Williams
[not found] ` <20150602001435.4506.42614.stgit-p8uTFz9XbKj2zm6wflaqv1nYeNYlB/vhral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-09 6:34 ` Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <20150609063418.GB9804-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-09 6:57 ` Dan Williams
[not found] ` <CAPcyv4jmHpg4YrseBWH-k=achv4N-V8n2X0CkFw+-AFsiRuH8A-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-10 7:33 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2015-06-02 0:14 ` [PATCH v5 07/21] libnvdimm, nfit: regions (block-data-window, persistent memory, volatile memory) Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:14 ` [PATCH v5 08/21] libnvdimm: support for legacy (non-aliasing) nvdimms Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:14 ` [PATCH v5 09/21] libnvdimm, nd_pmem: add libnvdimm support to the pmem driver Dan Williams
2015-06-03 7:44 ` Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <20150603074424.GA24949-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-03 19:31 ` Williams, Dan J
[not found] ` <1433359894.21035.33.camel-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-09 6:36 ` hch-jcswGhMUV9g
2015-06-02 0:15 ` [PATCH v5 10/21] pmem: Dynamically allocate partition numbers Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:15 ` [PATCH v5 11/21] libnvdimm, nfit: add interleave-set state-tracking infrastructure Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:15 ` [PATCH v5 12/21] libnvdimm: namespace indices: read and validate Dan Williams
[not found] ` <20150602001514.4506.13974.stgit-p8uTFz9XbKj2zm6wflaqv1nYeNYlB/vhral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-09 6:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-10 15:54 ` Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:15 ` [PATCH v5 14/21] libnvdimm: blk labels and namespace instantiation Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:15 ` [PATCH v5 17/21] libnvdimm: infrastructure for btt devices Dan Williams
2015-06-09 6:42 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-10 18:46 ` Matthew Wilcox
2015-06-11 7:28 ` Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <20150611072812.GB1905-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-17 16:47 ` Jeff Moyer
[not found] ` <x49381qp9ic.fsf-RRHT56Q3PSP4kTEheFKJxxDDeQx5vsVwAInAS/Ez/D0@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-17 16:50 ` Dan Williams
2015-06-17 16:57 ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-17 17:09 ` Dan Williams
[not found] ` <20150602001134.4506.45867.stgit-p8uTFz9XbKj2zm6wflaqv1nYeNYlB/vhral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-02 0:14 ` [PATCH v5 06/21] libnvdimm, nvdimm: dimm driver and base libnvdimm device-driver infrastructure Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:15 ` [PATCH v5 13/21] libnvdimm: pmem label sets and namespace instantiation Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:15 ` [PATCH v5 15/21] libnvdimm: write pmem label set Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:15 ` [PATCH v5 16/21] libnvdimm: write blk " Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:15 ` [PATCH v5 18/21] nd_btt: atomic sector updates Dan Williams
[not found] ` <20150602001546.4506.15713.stgit-p8uTFz9XbKj2zm6wflaqv1nYeNYlB/vhral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-09 6:44 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-09 18:27 ` Vishal Verma
[not found] ` <1433874431.32607.37.camel-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-10 7:34 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-10 18:24 ` Vishal Verma
2015-06-02 0:15 ` [PATCH v5 19/21] libnvdimm, nfit, nd_blk: driver for BLK-mode access persistent memory Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:15 ` [PATCH v5 20/21] tools/testing/nvdimm: manufactured NFITs for interface development Dan Williams
[not found] ` <20150602001557.4506.57136.stgit-p8uTFz9XbKj2zm6wflaqv1nYeNYlB/vhral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-09 6:48 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-11 20:12 ` Dan Williams
2015-06-02 0:16 ` [PATCH v5 21/21] libnvdimm: Non-Volatile Devices Dan Williams
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