From: Laura Abbott <labbott-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Greg KH
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Benjamin Gaignard
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] staging: ion: create one device entry per heap
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 15:01:42 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <65ef83b2-db3e-eaf6-129f-40e156400624@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171202155317.GB5311-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
On 12/02/2017 07:53 AM, Greg KH wrote:
>> This is one of the item in the TODO list before been able to unstage ION
>> which is my real need.
> Why does it matter where in the tree this code is? Don't go adding new
> things to it that are not needed. Who needs this? What userspace code
> wants this type of multiple ion devices?
>
Requirements came in from several places to split /dev/ion -> /dev/ion0
and /dev/ion1 so that security policy (i.e. selinux) could be used to
protect access to certain heaps. I wanted the ABI to be settled before
trying to move out of staging, hence the line in the TODO list about
doing the split.
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
Thanks,
Laura
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-05 23:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-06 15:59 [PATCH v6 0/2] staging: ion: get one device per heap Benjamin Gaignard
2017-11-06 15:59 ` [PATCH v6 1/2] staging: ion: reorder include Benjamin Gaignard
2017-11-09 21:02 ` Laura Abbott
2017-11-28 13:20 ` Greg KH
2017-11-28 13:34 ` Benjamin Gaignard
2017-11-28 13:40 ` Greg KH
2017-11-06 15:59 ` [PATCH v6 2/2] staging: ion: create one device entry per heap Benjamin Gaignard
2017-11-09 21:17 ` Laura Abbott
2017-11-27 10:46 ` Benjamin Gaignard
[not found] ` <CA+M3ks6vP+W77QBzbczxzcV7YZCoBusC=wgjZPUNLrCYFFDARA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-11-27 11:43 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2017-11-27 16:12 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-11-27 16:30 ` Mark Brown
2017-11-28 13:32 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20171128133217.GA29995-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2017-11-28 16:26 ` Mark Brown
2017-11-28 17:08 ` Greg KH
2017-11-28 17:12 ` Mark Brown
2017-11-28 17:28 ` Greg KH
2017-11-28 17:37 ` Mark Brown
2017-11-28 18:00 ` Greg KH
2017-11-29 14:00 ` Benjamin Gaignard
2017-12-02 15:53 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20171202155317.GB5311-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-05 23:01 ` Laura Abbott [this message]
[not found] ` <65ef83b2-db3e-eaf6-129f-40e156400624-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-06 6:28 ` Greg KH
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2017-10-23 15:55 [PATCH v6 0/2] staging: ion: get one device " Benjamin Gaignard
2017-10-23 15:55 ` [PATCH v6 2/2] staging: ion: create one device entry " Benjamin Gaignard
2017-10-24 16:14 ` Jordan Crouse
2017-10-31 19:03 ` Laura Abbott
[not found] ` <3e3af8e3-76c5-754c-caaa-3f8c9b54723f-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2017-10-31 19:11 ` Mark Brown
2017-10-31 19:45 ` Laura Abbott
2017-11-02 10:44 ` Greg KH
2017-11-02 11:10 ` Mark Brown
2017-11-06 14:42 ` Benjamin Gaignard
[not found] ` <CA+M3ks5pV=j_DeQ9ohhtv62WL=pzWH0Q5jdKtQby5vs=NUZT-Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-11-06 14:46 ` Greg KH
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