linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] xen/gntdev: Expose gntdev's dma-buf API for in-kernel use

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Message-ID: <86f5b340-856c-204f-4ba7-dd51f1e92639@oracle.com>
Date:   Mon, 4 Jun 2018 18:36:11 -0400
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Oleksandr Andrushchenko <andr2000@...il.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        jgross@...e.com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com
Cc:     daniel.vetter@...el.com, dongwon.kim@...el.com,
        matthew.d.roper@...el.com,
        Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@...m.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] xen/gntdev: Expose gntdev's dma-buf API for
 in-kernel use

On 06/01/2018 07:41 AM, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
> From: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@...m.com>
>
> Allow creating grant device context for use by kernel modules which
> require functionality, provided by gntdev. Export symbols for dma-buf
> API provided by the module.

Can you give an example of who'd be using these interfaces?


-boris