netdev - RE: [net-next v2 1/1] virtual-bus: Implementation of Virtual Bus

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Date:   Fri, 15 Nov 2019 23:42:56 +0000
From:   Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
To:     Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@...el.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "nhorman@...hat.com" <nhorman@...hat.com>,
        "sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>,
        "jgg@...pe.ca" <jgg@...pe.ca>, Kiran Patil <kiran.patil@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [net-next v2 1/1] virtual-bus: Implementation of Virtual Bus


> From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2019 4:34 PM
> Subject: [net-next v2 1/1] virtual-bus: Implementation of Virtual Bus
> 
> From: Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@...el.com>
> 
> This is the initial implementation of the Virtual Bus, virtbus_device and
> virtbus_driver.  The virtual bus is a software based bus intended to support
> lightweight devices and drivers and provide matching between them and

When you wrote ' lightweight devices', you probably intent to say,
'multiple class of devices such as rdma, netdev etc for a single underlying parent device'.

'struct class' has clear meaning in kernel with above two examples and more.
Though it's not limited to these two classes, an example is always better. :-)

If so, please word that say, that avoids the confusion and it will be aligned to below primary purpose description.

> probing of the registered drivers.
> 
> The primary purpose of the virual bus is to provide matching services and to
> pass the data pointer contained in the virtbus_device to the virtbus_driver
> during its probe call.  This will allow two separate kernel objects to match up
> and start communication.