Re: [RESEND][PATCH v16 1/5] dma-buf: Add dma-buf heaps framework

John Stultz
2019-12-12T18:33:50Z

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 8:52 AM Andrew F. Davis <afd@ti.com> wrote:
> On 12/3/19 12:26 PM, John Stultz wrote:
> > +#define DMA_HEAP_IOC_MAGIC 'H'
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * DOC: DMA_HEAP_IOC_ALLOC - allocate memory from pool
> > + *
> > + * Takes a dma_heap_allocation_data struct and returns it with the fd field
> > + * populated with the dmabuf handle of the allocation.
> > + */
> > +#define DMA_HEAP_IOC_ALLOC _IOWR(DMA_HEAP_IOC_MAGIC, 0x0,\
> > + struct dma_heap_allocation_data)
> > +
>
> <subsytem>_IOC_
>
> Seems more common for the internal numberings and such, what the user
> calls is more often (espesially in DRM and DMA_BUF):
>
> <subsytem>_IOCTL_<function>
>
> This is really just another naming nit but becouse this one really *is*
> ABI then getting our prefrence right is a must, up to you here.

So yea, Sumit has already pulled these into drm-misc-next, so this
feedback is just a few days too late.

But it's not a bad suggestion, so if you want to submit a tack-on
patch to drm-misc-next I suspect we can, try to pull it in.

thanks
-john