linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 9/9 v2] habanalabs: allow multiple processes to open FD

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Message-ID: <20190728131424.GB5007@kroah.com>
Date:   Sun, 28 Jul 2019 15:14:24 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oshpigelman@...ana.ai,
        ttayar@...ana.ai
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9 v2] habanalabs: allow multiple processes to open FD

On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 03:48:12PM +0300, Oded Gabbay wrote:
> This patch removes the limitation of a single process that can open the
> device.
> 
> Now, there is no limitation on the number of processes that can open the
> device and have a valid FD.
> 
> However, only a single process can perform compute operations. This is
> enforced by allowing only a single process to have a compute context.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@...il.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Replace WARN with dev_crit

Looks good, thanks.  The other patches in the series looked fine at
first glance as well

greg k-h