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From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
To: Sebastian Frias <sebastian_frias@sigmadesigns.com>
Cc: Marc Gonzalez <marc_gonzalez@sigmadesigns.com>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: m(un)map kmalloc buffers to userspace
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:40:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151210114005.GF19496@dhcp22.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56684A59.7030605@sigmadesigns.com>

On Wed 09-12-15 16:35:53, Sebastian Frias wrote:
[...]
> We've seen that drivers/media/pci/zoran/zoran_driver.c for example seems to
> be doing as us kmalloc+remap_pfn_range,

This driver is broken - I will post a patch.

> is there any guarantee (or at least an advised heuristic) to determine
> if a driver is "current" (ie: uses the latest APIs and works)?

OK, it seems I was overly optimistic when directing you to existing
drivers. Sorry about that I wasn't aware you could find such a terrible
code there. Please refer to Linux Device Drivers book which should give
you a much better lead (e.g. http://www.makelinux.net/ldd3/chp-15-sect-2)
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-10 11:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-08 17:25 m(un)map kmalloc buffers to userspace Sebastian Frias
2015-12-09 13:55 ` Michal Hocko
2015-12-09 14:07   ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-12-09 14:32     ` Michal Hocko
2015-12-09 14:53       ` Sebastian Frias
2015-12-09 15:12         ` Michal Hocko
2015-12-09 15:35           ` Sebastian Frias
2015-12-10 11:40             ` Michal Hocko [this message]
2015-12-10 12:04               ` Richard Weinberger
2015-12-10 13:37               ` Sebastian Frias
2015-12-10 14:06                 ` Michal Hocko
2015-12-10 16:48                   ` Sebastian Frias
2015-12-11  9:42                     ` Michal Hocko

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