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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 2/2] staging: ion: create one device entry per heap
On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:46:18AM +0100, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
> 2017-11-09 22:17 GMT+01:00 Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>:
> > On 11/06/2017 07:59 AM, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
> >>
> >> Instead a getting only one common device "/dev/ion" for
> >> all the heaps this patch allow to create one device
> >> entry ("/dev/ionX") per heap.
> >> Getting an entry per heap could allow to set security rules
> >> per heap and global ones for all heaps.
> >>
> >> Allocation requests will be only allowed if the mask_id
> >> match with device minor.
> >> Query request could be done on any of the devices.
> >>
> >
> > With this patch, sysfs looks like:
> >
> > $ ls /sys/devices/
> > breakpoint ion platform software system virtual
> >
> > From an Ion perspective, you can have
> >
> > Acked-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
> >
> > Another Ack for the device model stuff would be good but I'll
> > assume deafening silence means nobody hates it.
>
> Greg, can we get your point of view of this ?

It's 1 day after the merge window has closed, and my todo patch queue
looks like this:
$ mdfrm -c ~/mail/todo/
1523 messages in /home/gregkh/mail/todo/

Please give me a chance to catch up...

greg k-h

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