linux-kernel - Re: WMI and Kernel:User interface

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Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:09:13 -0700
From:   Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
To:     Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@...l.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: WMI and Kernel:User interface

On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 08:00:30PM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote:
> 
> I just tried to show that proposed proxy has above problem and looks 
> like anti-pattern for linux kernel. As this should be evaluated when 
> going to accept or reject it.

OK, I think at this point we need to follow Greg's advice and get some
code out there for review. I don't think we're going to make more
progress in pre-code discussions.

Thanks for all the time and effort everyone has put into the discussion.

-- 
Darren Hart
VMware Open Source Technology Center