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

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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