linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] misc: fastrpc: Move fastrpc driver to misc/fastrpc/

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Message-ID: <CAA8EJprOf9vvdBcdX=Xem3UMFo2pmh37ooreqRX0Bzvadv_yTQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:51:21 +0300
From: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
To: Ekansh Gupta <quic_ekangupt@...cinc.com>
Cc: Oded Gabbay <ogabbay@...nel.org>, srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org, 
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, 
	quic_bkumar@...cinc.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	quic_chennak@...cinc.com, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] misc: fastrpc: Move fastrpc driver to misc/fastrpc/

On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 at 09:45, Ekansh Gupta <quic_ekangupt@...cinc.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 6/12/2024 11:58 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 12:17:28PM +0530, Ekansh Gupta wrote:
> >> Move fastrpc.c from misc/ to misc/fastrpc/. New C files are planned
> >> to be added for PD notifications and other missing features. Adding
> >> and maintaining new files from within fastrpc directory would be easy.
> >>
> >> Example of feature that is being planned to be introduced in a new C
> >> file:
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240606165939.12950-6-quic_ekangupt@quicinc.com/
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ekansh Gupta <quic_ekangupt@...cinc.com>
> >> ---
> >>  MAINTAINERS                          |  2 +-
> >>  drivers/misc/Kconfig                 | 13 +------------
> >>  drivers/misc/Makefile                |  2 +-
> >>  drivers/misc/fastrpc/Kconfig         | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> >>  drivers/misc/fastrpc/Makefile        |  2 ++
> >>  drivers/misc/{ => fastrpc}/fastrpc.c |  0
> >>  6 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> >>  create mode 100644 drivers/misc/fastrpc/Kconfig
> >>  create mode 100644 drivers/misc/fastrpc/Makefile
> >>  rename drivers/misc/{ => fastrpc}/fastrpc.c (100%)
> > Please consider whether it makes sense to move to drivers/accel instead
> > (and possibly writing a better Kconfig entry, specifying that the driver
> > is to be used to offload execution to the DSP).
> Planning to keep the driver to misc/ only as part of this patch. Moving to accel/ might
> introduce some conventions to be followed which might require significant changes
> in driver.

To me this sounds like "we are trying to avoid following the
conventions by hiding in the shadows".

>
> I'll write more meaningful Kconfig entry in next spin.
>

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry