linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging/android: add TODO to de-stage android sync framework

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Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2015 09:51:12 +0100
From:	Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
To:	Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@...ovan.org>
Cc:	greg@...ah.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, daniels@...labora.com,
	Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@...labora.co.uk>,
	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	Riley Andrews <riandrews@...roid.com>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
	Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>,
	Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@...gle.com>,
	John Harrison <John.C.Harrison@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging/android: add TODO to de-stage android sync
 framework

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 05:41:53PM -0200, Gustavo Padovan wrote:
> From: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@...labora.co.uk>
> 
>  - remove sw_sync, it is used only for testing/debugging and should not
> be upstreamed.
>  - port sw_sync testcases to use debugfs somehow
>  - clean up and ABI check for security issues
>  - move the sync framework to drivers/base/dma-buf
> 
> Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>
> Cc: Riley Andrews <riandrews@...roid.com>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
> Cc: Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>
> Cc: Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@...gle.com>
> Cc: John Harrison <John.C.Harrison@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@...labora.co.uk>

This reflects my recollection of various discussions at conferences and on
irc. Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>

> ---
>  drivers/staging/android/TODO | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/TODO b/drivers/staging/android/TODO
> index 8f3ac37..2375dae 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/android/TODO
> +++ b/drivers/staging/android/TODO
> @@ -25,5 +25,12 @@ ion/
>     exposes existing cma regions and doesn't reserve unecessarily memory when
>     booting a system which doesn't use ion.
>  
> +sync framework:
> + - remove sw_sync, it is used only for testing/debugging and should not be
> +upstreamed.
> + - port sw_sync testcases to use debugfs somehow
> + - clean up and ABI check for security issues
> + - move it to drivers/base/dma-buf
> +
>  Please send patches to Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com> and Cc:
>  Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com> and Riley Andrews <riandrews@...roid.com>
> -- 
> 2.1.0
> 

-- 
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch
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