Re: [PATCH 06/15] fpga: dfl: fme: add DFL_FPGA_FME_PORT_RELEASE/ASSIGN ioctl support.

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On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 04:58:55PM +0800, Wu Hao wrote:
> > > Hope things could be more clear now. :)
> > 
> > That's nice for the vfio stuff, but you are just a "normal" driver here.
> > You want an ioctl that just does one thing, no arguments, no flags, no
> > anything.  No need for a size argument then at all.  These ioctls don't
> > even need a structure for them!
> > 
> > Don't try to be fancy, it's not needed, it's not like you are running
> > out of ioctl space...
> 
> Thanks a lot for the comments and suggestions.
> 
> That's true, it's a "normal" driver, maybe I overly considered the
> extensibility of it. OK, Let me rework this patch to remove argsz from
> these two ioctls.
> 
> What about the existing ioctls for this driver, they have argsz too.
> shall I prepare another patch to remove them as well?

I am hoping you actually have users for those ioctls in userspace today?
If not, and no one is using them, then yes, please fix those too.

thanks,

greg k-h



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