linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] uio: provide vm access to UIO_MEM

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Message-ID: <20130730143857.GA29376@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 30 Jul 2013 07:38:57 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...sjkoch.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] uio: provide vm access to UIO_MEM_PHYS maps

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 04:32:37PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello Greg,
> 
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 06:49:50AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 09:52:39AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > [expanding Cc: to also include akpm and linux-mm]
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 01:09:14PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 12:09:37AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > > > This makes it possible to let gdb access mappings of the process that is
> > > > > being debugged.
> > > > > 
> > > > > uio_mmap_logical was moved and uio_vm_ops renamed to group related code
> > > > > and differentiate to new stuff.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > Changes since v1:
> > > > >     - only use generic_access_phys ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
> > > > >     - fix all users of renamed struct
> > > > 
> > > > I still get a build error with this patch:
> > > > 
> > > >   MODPOST 384 modules
> > > > ERROR: "generic_access_phys" [drivers/uio/uio.ko] undefined!
> > > > 
> > > > So something isn't quite right.
> > > Ah, you built as a module and generic_access_phys isn't exported. The
> > > other users of generic_access_phys (arch/x86/pci/i386.c and
> > > drivers/char/mem.c) can only be builtin.
> > > 
> > > So the IMHO best option is to add an EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_access_phys)
> > > to mm/memory.c.
> > 
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() perhaps?
> Yeah, that would work just fine, too. Who takes care for mm/memory.c,
> Andrew? Should I send a separate patch or is it ok to do it in the patch
> making use of it and let it go in via Greg?

I can take it, in a patch before this one, if I get the acks from Andrew
and anyone else who "owns" that file (use get_maintainer.pl to determine
the proper people please.)

> > And why all of a sudden does the uio driver need this change?  It is
> > working just fine right now without it, right?
> Yeah it works. But if you gdb your userspace driver, gdb cannot access
> the mappings without my patch.

Ah, but who needs to use a debugger... :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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