linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] Serial slave device bus

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20170120134427.GA12059@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:44:27 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@...delico.com>,
        Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
        Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...el.com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, NeilBrown <neil@...wn.name>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] Serial slave device bus

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 04:54:27PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> Here's a new version of the serdev bus support with all the review
> feedback so far incorporated. I've left it named serdev for now pending
> any further votes one way or the other, but I did rename the sysfs visible
> portions to "serial".
> 
> There's still some discussion about what to do with devices that pass thru
> data to userspace unmodified like GPS and could still use tty device for
> the data path. IMO, we should treat this as a separate problem following
> this series. Drivers we want to convert to serdev and already in the
> kernel don't need this functionality.
> 
> I need a SoB from Alan on his patch 2 and would like review from Alan and/or
> Peter on the locking in patch 5.

I've applied the first 4 patches now, can you respin this and hopefully
Peter will review that patch, as I'd like him to before taking it.

thanks,

greg k-h