linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v5 4/8] char: rpmb: provide a user space interface

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Message-ID: <5B8DA87D05A7694D9FA63FD143655C1B542C5B6F@hasmsx108.ger.corp.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 1 Sep 2016 20:05:26 +0000
From:   "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        "Hunter, Adrian" <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Vinayak Holikatti <vinholikatti@...il.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Arve Hj?nnev?g <arve@...roid.com>,
        "Michael Ryleev" <gmar@...gle.com>,
        Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>,
        "Christoph Hellwig" <hch@....de>,
        Yaniv Gardi <ygardi@...eaurora.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v5 4/8] char: rpmb: provide a user space interface


> 
> On Sun, Aug 07, 2016 at 09:44:03AM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon 2016-07-18 23:27:49, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> > > > The user space API is achieved via two synchronous IOCTL.
> > >
> > > IOCTLs?
> >
> > Will fix
> >
> > > > Simplified one, RPMB_IOC_REQ_CMD, were read result cycles is
> > > performed
> > > > by the framework on behalf the user and second, RPMB_IOC_SEQ_CMD
> > > where
> > > > the whole RPMB sequence including RESULT_READ is supplied by the
> caller.
> > > > The latter is intended for  easier adjusting  of the  applications
> > > > that use MMC_IOC_MULTI_CMD ioctl.
> > >
> > > Why "  "?
> > Not sure I there is enough clue in your question.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
> > >
> > > > +
> > > > +static long rpmb_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,
> > > > +unsigned long arg) {
> > > > +	return __rpmb_ioctl(fp, cmd, (void __user *)arg); }
> > > > +
> > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> > > > +static long rpmb_compat_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,
> > > > +			      unsigned long arg)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	return	__rpmb_ioctl(fp, cmd, compat_ptr(arg));
> > > > +}
> > > > +#endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */
> > >
> > > Description of the ioctl is missing,
> > Will add.
> >
> > and it should certainly be designed in a way
> > > that it does not need compat support.
> >
> > The compat_ioctl handler just casts the compat_ptr, I believe this
> > should be done unless the ioctl is globaly registered in
> > fs/compat_ioctl.c, but I might be wrong.
> 
> You shouldn't need a compat ioctl for anything new that is added, unless
> your api is really messed up.  Please test to be sure, and not use a compat
> ioctl at all, it isn't that hard to do.

compat_ioctl is called anyhow when CONFIG_COMPAT is set, there is no way around it, or I'm missing something?
Actually there is no more than that for the COMPAT support in this code.

Thanks
Tomas