linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 9/10 v2] Generic Watchdog Timer Driver

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Message-ID: <20110622200513.GD26745@infomag.iguana.be>
Date:	Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:05:14 +0200
From:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Watchdog Mailing List <linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/10 v2] Generic Watchdog Timer Driver

Hi Arnd,

> > watchdog: WatchDog Timer Driver Core - Part 9
> > 
> > Add support for extra ioctl calls by adding a
> > ioctl watchdog operation. This operation will be
> > called before we do our own handling of ioctl
> > commands. This way we can override the internal
> > ioctl command handling and we can also add
> > extra ioctl commands. The ioctl watchdog operation
> > should return the appropriate error codes or
> > -ENOIOCTLCMD if the ioctl command should be handled
> > through the internal ioctl handling of the framework.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
> > Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
> 
> Hmm, I'm not sure about this one. It does make the conversion
> of existing drivers easier but doesn't encourage doing a good
> job there.

That's why we also have a maintainer and a mailing list to review
patches... I can understand your concerns, but prefer the flexibility
and simpleness here.

> How about instead providing a compatibility helper module that
> provides helper functions like this:
> 
> int watchdog_compat_getstatus(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
> {
> 	int __user *tmp = compat_alloc_userspace(sizeof (int));
> 	int ret;
> 
> 	ret = wdd->ops->ioctl(wdd, WDIOC_GETSTATUS, tmp);
> 	if (ret)
> 		return ret;
> 
> 	__get_user(ret, tmp);
> 	return ret;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(watchdog_compat_getstatus);
> 
> This would let you use the common ioctl implementation for all
> watchdogs without the option of an individual driver overriding
> it, but a driver could still provide an ioctl method that only
> gets called by the watchdog_compat_* functions.

Hmmm, not really in favour of that, this will creat a lot more overhead.

Kind regards,
Wim.

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