linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 06/15] dmaengine: idxd: Add private_data to struct idxd

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Message-ID: <c90984be-a426-7658-b128-67f90e4262da@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:06:38 -0700
From:   Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
To:     Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com>,
        herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, davem@...emloft.net,
        fenghua.yu@...el.com, vkoul@...nel.org
Cc:     tony.luck@...el.com, wajdi.k.feghali@...el.com,
        james.guilford@...el.com, kanchana.p.sridhar@...el.com,
        giovanni.cabiddu@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/15] dmaengine: idxd: Add private_data to struct
 idxd_wq



On 3/28/23 8:35 AM, Tom Zanussi wrote:
> Add a void * to idxd_wqs for user-defined context data.

I wonder if we should add accessor functions like get and set private 
data for the wq.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>   drivers/dma/idxd/idxd.h | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd.h b/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd.h
> index 719f9f1662ad..e55213b5153e 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd.h
> +++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd.h
> @@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ struct idxd_wq {
>   	u32 max_batch_size;
>   
>   	char driver_name[WQ_NAME_SIZE + 1];
> +
> +	void *private_data;
>   };
>   
>   struct idxd_engine {