linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v3 2/4] bus: fsl-mc: add restool userspace support

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Date:   Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:56:24 +0000
From:   Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stuyoder@...il.com" <stuyoder@...il.com>,
        Ruxandra Ioana Ciocoi Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>,
        "arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
        Razvan Stefanescu <razvan.stefanescu@....com>,
        Roy Pledge <roy.pledge@....com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 2/4] bus: fsl-mc: add restool userspace support


> 
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 10:38:56AM -0500, Ioana Ciornei wrote:
> > +#include "fsl-mc-private.h"
> > +
> > +#define FSL_MC_BUS_MAX_MINORS	1
> 
> As you only need/want one character device here, why not just use the misc
> device api?  It's much simpler, and handles all of the housekeeping for you
> correctly.  It also means I don't have to audit all of your chardev code to verify it
> is correct :)

I have considered the misc device api but the fsl-mc bus, since it is a platform driver, is probing before the misc char driver.

Ioana


> 
> And it will save you lines-of-code, always a good thing.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h