linux-kernel - Re: [v11 3/7] iio: core: Add new DMABUF interface infrastructure

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <41fa9904-28a8-46fa-bf2a-014875409b83@web.de>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:56:42 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Paul Cercueil <paul@...pouillou.net>, lkp@...el.com,
 Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@...log.com>, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
 dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
 dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org,
 Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>,
 Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
 Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>, Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
Cc: oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [v11 3/7] iio: core: Add new DMABUF interface infrastructure

…
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/219abc43b4fdd4a13b307ed2efaa0e6869e68e3f.camel@gmail.com/T/#eefd360069c4261aec9621fafde30924706571c94
>
> (and responses below)
>
> It's more nuanced than I remembered.
…


>> * Will the desire grow for further collateral evolution according to
>>   affected software components?
>
> Not sure what you mean by that.

Advanced programming interfaces were added a while ago.

Example:
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10-rc4/source/include/linux/cleanup.h#L8

Corresponding attempts for increasing API usage need to adapt to remaining change reluctance,
don't they?

Regards,
Markus