Re: [PATCH v4 11/15] pci: Add pci_iomap_shared{,_range}

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On 8/29/2021 3:26 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 09:17:53AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
Also I changing this single call really that bad? It's not that we changing
anything drastic here, just give the low level subsystem a better hint about
the intention. If you don't like the function name, could make it an
argument instead?
My point however is that the API should say that the
driver has been audited,

We have that status in the struct device. If you want to tie the ioremap to that we could define a ioremap_device() with a device argument and decide based on that.

Or we can add _audited to the name. ioremap_shared_audited?

not that the mapping has been
done in some special way. For example the mapping can be
in some kind of wrapper, not directly in the driver.
However you want the driver validated, not the wrapper.

Here's an idea:


I don't think magic differences of API behavior based on some define are a good idea.  That's easy to miss.

That's a "COME FROM" in API design.

Also it wouldn't handle the case that a driver has both private and shared ioremaps, e.g. for BIOS structures.

And we've been avoiding that drivers can self declare auditing, we've been trying to have a separate centralized list so that it's easier to enforce and avoids any cut'n'paste mistakes.

-Andi




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