linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v9 1/1] PRUSS UIO driver support

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Date:	Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:34:59 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	"TK, Pratheesh Gangadhar" <pratheesh@...com>
cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"hjk@...sjkoch.de" <hjk@...sjkoch.de>,
	"gregkh@...e.de" <gregkh@...e.de>,
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	"Chatterjee, Amit" <amit.chatterjee@...com>,
	"davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com" 
	<davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v9 1/1] PRUSS UIO driver support

On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, TK, Pratheesh Gangadhar wrote:

> Hi,
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Arnd Bergmann [mailto:arnd@...db.de]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 11:46 PM
> > On Thursday 03 March 2011 19:07:57 Pratheesh Gangadhar wrote:
> > > +struct uio_pruss_dev {
> > > +       struct uio_info *info;
> > > +       struct clk *pruss_clk;
> > > +       dma_addr_t sram_paddr;
> > > +       dma_addr_t ddr_paddr;
> > > +       void __iomem *prussio_vaddr;
> > > +       void *sram_vaddr;
> > > +       void *ddr_vaddr;
> > > +       unsigned int hostirq_start;
> > > +       unsigned int pintc_base;
> > > +};
> > > +
> > > +struct pruss_priv {
> > > +       struct uio_pruss_dev *pupdev;
> > > +};
> > 
> > I cannot see the point of struct pruss_priv, I think it would be better to
> > just merge the two data structures into one. Everything else looks
> > good to me now.
> 
> pruss_priv is needed to get access to uio_pruss_dev from uio_info *info in
> UIO interrupt handler (pruss_handler) and shall be per interrupt entry.
> 
> +static irqreturn_t pruss_handler(int irq, struct uio_info *info) {
> +	struct pruss_priv *priv = info->priv;
> +	struct uio_pruss_dev *gdev = priv->pupdev;
> 
> Note that info is a pointer to array supporting 8 interrupts. This allows to
> redirect to driver structure via info->priv quickly.

struct uio_pruss_dev *dev = container_of(info, struct uio_pruss_dev, info);

Perhaps ?

Thanks,

	tglx
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