linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v3 01/10] Add auxiliary bus support

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Date:   Thu, 5 Nov 2020 23:48:40 +0000
From:   "Ertman, David M" <david.m.ertman@...el.com>
To:     "Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
CC:     "alsa-devel@...a-project.org" <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
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        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Ranjani Sridharan <ranjani.sridharan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>,
        Fred Oh <fred.oh@...ux.intel.com>,
        Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>,
        "Saleem, Shiraz" <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>,
        "Patil, Kiran" <kiran.patil@...el.com>,
        "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 01/10] Add auxiliary bus support

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2020 2:00 PM
> To: Ertman, David M <david.m.ertman@...el.com>
> Cc: alsa-devel@...a-project.org; Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>; Mark Brown
> <broonie@...nel.org>; linux-rdma <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>; Jason
> Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>; Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>;
> Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>; David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>;
> Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>; Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>;
> Ranjani Sridharan <ranjani.sridharan@...ux.intel.com>; Pierre-Louis Bossart
> <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>; Fred Oh <fred.oh@...ux.intel.com>;
> Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>; Saleem, Shiraz
> <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>; Patil, Kiran <kiran.patil@...el.com>; Linux
> Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>; Leon Romanovsky
> <leonro@...dia.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] Add auxiliary bus support
> 
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 11:28 AM Ertman, David M
> <david.m.ertman@...el.com> wrote:
> [..]
> > > > Each auxiliary_device represents a part of its parent
> > > > +functionality. The generic behavior can be extended and specialized as
> > > needed
> > > > +by encapsulating an auxiliary_device within other domain-specific
> > > structures and
> > > > +the use of .ops callbacks. Devices on the auxiliary bus do not share any
> > > > +structures and the use of a communication channel with the parent is
> > > > +domain-specific.
> > >
> > > Should there be any guidance here on when to use ops and when to just
> > > export functions from parent driver to child. EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS()
> seems
> > > a perfect fit for publishing shared routines between parent and child.
> > >
> >
> > I would leave this up the driver writers to determine what is best for them.
> 
> I think there is a pathological case that can be avoided with a
> statement like the following:
> 
> "Note that ops are intended as a way to augment instance behavior
> within a class of auxiliary devices, it is not the mechanism for
> exporting common infrastructure from the parent. Consider
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() to convey infrastructure from the parent module to
> the auxiliary module(s)."
> 
> As for your other dispositions of the feedback, looks good to me.

I will add this in.

-DaveE