linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND v1 1/9] crypto/ycc: Add YCC (Yitian Cryptography Complex) accelerator driver

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Message-Id: <368EB6AC-85CB-4709-AE57-D1E3431FB415@linux.alibaba.com>
Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2022 10:44:48 +0800
From:   guanjun <guanjun@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     "Elliott, Robert (Servers)" <elliott@....com>,
        "zelin.deng@...ux.alibaba.com" <zelin.deng@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        xuchun.shang@...ux.alibaba.com,
        "artie.ding@...ux.alibaba.com" <artie.ding@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v1 1/9] crypto/ycc: Add YCC (Yitian Cryptography
 Complex) accelerator driver



> 2022年9月16日 下午5:35，Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> 写道：
> 
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 11:35:45AM +0800, 'Guanjun' wrote:
> .
>> +static const struct file_operations ycc_fops = {
>> +	.open = ycc_cdev_open,
>> +	.release = ycc_cdev_release,
>> +	.unlocked_ioctl = ycc_cdev_ioctl,
>> +};
> 
> What is this device for? It doesn't seem to do anything so why
> not jsut drop it?

This device is reserved for future use. Now it does nothing actually.
I will drop it in next version.
Thank you very much!

Regards,
Guanjun

> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
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