linux-kernel - Re: fpga: fpga_mgr

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Message-ID: <20180711182553.GA5356@archbook>
Date:   Wed, 11 Jul 2018 11:25:53 -0700
From:   Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>
To:     Alan Tull <atull@...nel.org>
Cc:     federico.vaga@...n.ch, linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: fpga: fpga_mgr_free usage

Hi Alan,

On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 10:59:01AM -0500, Alan Tull wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 7:38 AM, Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...n.ch> wrote:

[..]
> > This makes the usage consistent: the user creates and destroy its own
> > objects. This is also consistent with our other discussion where we
> > said, among the other things, that the module that uses the FPGA
> > manager can the owner of the fpga_manager data structure.
> 
> You're not the first to complain about this.  I think I'll err on the
> side of consistency and implement your option 2 here.

I agree, that seems like a good approach.

Cheers,

Moritz