linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] IB/hfi1: Remove write() and use ioctl() for user access

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Message-ID: <20160416060042.GA6349@leon.nu>
Date:	Sat, 16 Apr 2016 09:00:42 +0300
From:	Leon Romanovsky <leon@...n.nu>
To:	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
	Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>,
	dledford@...hat.com, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] IB/hfi1: Remove write() and use ioctl() for user
 access

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 05:37:32PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 12:23:28AM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> 
> > Intel as usual decided to do it in their way and the result is presented
> > on this mailing list.
> 
> Dennis was pretty clear he was going to send the patches to address
> Al's concern, which he has done.
> 
> I was also pretty clear I was looking to get rid of the char dev :)

Yes, and I was pretty clear that we need to converge on one common API
prior to converting old code (including drivers in staging) in order to
do it once only.

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