linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND][PATCH v8 1/5] dma-buf: Add dma-buf heaps framework

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Message-ID: <20190923220807.zuqxthydxybjgoog@DESKTOP-E1NTVVP.localdomain>
Date:   Mon, 23 Sep 2019 22:08:13 +0000
From:   Brian Starkey <Brian.Starkey@....com>
To:     John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
CC:     lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Andrew F. Davis" <afd@...com>, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...aro.org>,
        Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
        Liam Mark <lmark@...eaurora.org>,
        Pratik Patel <pratikp@...eaurora.org>,
        Vincent Donnefort <Vincent.Donnefort@....com>,
        Sudipto Paul <Sudipto.Paul@....com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Chenbo Feng <fengc@...gle.com>,
        Alistair Strachan <astrachan@...gle.com>,
        Hridya Valsaraju <hridya@...gle.com>,
        "dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        nd <nd@....com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND][PATCH v8 1/5] dma-buf: Add dma-buf heaps framework

Hi John,

On Fri, Sep 06, 2019 at 06:47:08PM +0000, John Stultz wrote:
> From: "Andrew F. Davis" <afd@...com>
> 
> This framework allows a unified userspace interface for dma-buf
> exporters, allowing userland to allocate specific types of memory
> for use in dma-buf sharing.
> 
> Each heap is given its own device node, which a user can allocate
> a dma-buf fd from using the DMA_HEAP_IOC_ALLOC.
> 
> This code is an evoluiton of the Android ION implementation,
> and a big thanks is due to its authors/maintainers over time
> for their effort:
>   Rebecca Schultz Zavin, Colin Cross, Benjamin Gaignard,
>   Laura Abbott, and many other contributors!
> 
> Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
> Cc: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...aro.org>
> Cc: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>
> Cc: Liam Mark <lmark@...eaurora.org>
> Cc: Pratik Patel <pratikp@...eaurora.org>
> Cc: Brian Starkey <Brian.Starkey@....com>
> Cc: Vincent Donnefort <Vincent.Donnefort@....com>
> Cc: Sudipto Paul <Sudipto.Paul@....com>
> Cc: Andrew F. Davis <afd@...com>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
> Cc: Chenbo Feng <fengc@...gle.com>
> Cc: Alistair Strachan <astrachan@...gle.com>
> Cc: Hridya Valsaraju <hridya@...gle.com>
> Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
> Reviewed-by: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew F. Davis <afd@...com>
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>

One miniscule nit from me below, but whether you change it or not, you
can add my r-b:

Reviewed-by: Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@....com>

Thanks for pushing this through!

-Brian

> ---

...

> +
> +	dev_ret = device_create(dma_heap_class,
> +				NULL,
> +				heap->heap_devt,
> +				NULL,
> +				heap->name);
> +	if (IS_ERR(dev_ret)) {
> +		pr_err("dma_heap: Unable to create device\n");
> +		err_ret = (struct dma_heap *)dev_ret;

Tiny nit: ERR_CAST() would be more obvious for me here.