linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] libnvdimm fix for 4.13-final

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Date:   Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:37:54 +0000
From:   "Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     "torvalds@...ux-foundation.org" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] libnvdimm fix for 4.13-final

Hi Linus, please pull from:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm libnvdimm-fixes

...to receive a single patch removing some structure definitions from a
uapi header file. These payloads are never processed directly by the
kernel they are simply passed through an ioctl as opaque blobs to the
ACPI _DSM (Device Specific Method) interface.

Userspace should not be depending on the kernel to define these
payloads. We will instead provide these definitions via the existing
libndctl (https://github.com/pmem/ndctl) project that has NVDIMM
command helpers and other definitions.

---

The following changes since commit cc4a41fe5541a73019a864883297bd5043aa6d98:

  Linux 4.13-rc7 (2017-08-27 17:20:40 -0700)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm libnvdimm-fixes

for you to fetch changes up to 7a14724f54bf9889fcb1a9f1d4aa4e1d2e969d93:

  libnvdimm: clean up command definitions (2017-08-28 08:33:20 -0700)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Dan Williams (1):
      libnvdimm: clean up command definitions

 include/uapi/linux/ndctl.h | 37 -------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 37 deletions(-)

commit 7a14724f54bf9889fcb1a9f1d4aa4e1d2e969d93
Author: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Date:   Mon Aug 28 08:33:20 2017 -0700

    libnvdimm: clean up command definitions
    
    Remove the command payloads that do not have an associated libnvdimm
    ioctl. I.e. remove the payloads that would only ever be carried in the
    ND_CMD_CALL envelope. This prevents userspace from growing unnecessary
    dependencies on this kernel header when userspace already has everything
    it needs to craft and send these commands.
    
    Cc: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@....com>
    Reported-by: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@...fujitsu.com>
    Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ndctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/ndctl.h
index 6d3c54264d8e..3f03567631cb 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ndctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ndctl.h
@@ -145,43 +145,6 @@ struct nd_cmd_clear_error {
 	__u64 cleared;
 } __packed;
 
-struct nd_cmd_trans_spa {
-	__u64 spa;
-	__u32 status;
-	__u8  flags;
-	__u8  _reserved[3];
-	__u64 trans_length;
-	__u32 num_nvdimms;
-	struct nd_nvdimm_device {
-		__u32 nfit_device_handle;
-		__u32 _reserved;
-		__u64 dpa;
-	} __packed devices[0];
-
-} __packed;
-
-struct nd_cmd_ars_err_inj {
-	__u64 err_inj_spa_range_base;
-	__u64 err_inj_spa_range_length;
-	__u8  err_inj_options;
-	__u32 status;
-} __packed;
-
-struct nd_cmd_ars_err_inj_clr {
-	__u64 err_inj_clr_spa_range_base;
-	__u64 err_inj_clr_spa_range_length;
-	__u32 status;
-} __packed;
-
-struct nd_cmd_ars_err_inj_stat {
-	__u32 status;
-	__u32 inj_err_rec_count;
-	struct nd_error_stat_query_record {
-		__u64 err_inj_stat_spa_range_base;
-		__u64 err_inj_stat_spa_range_length;
-	} __packed record[0];
-} __packed;
-
 enum {
 	ND_CMD_IMPLEMENTED = 0,