> -----Original Message----- > From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 6:07 AM > To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>; > LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>; quasisec@xxxxxxxxxx; > pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx; rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; mjg59@xxxxxxxxxx; hch@xxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 13/14] platform/x86: wmi: create character devices when > requested by drivers > > On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 05:51:51PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote: > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/wmi.h > > @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ > > +/* > > + * User API methods for ACPI-WMI mapping driver > > + * > > + * Copyright (C) 2017 Dell, Inc. > > + * > > + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > > + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as > > + * published by the Free Software Foundation. > > + */ > > +#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_WMI_H > > +#define _UAPI_LINUX_WMI_H > > + > > +#define WMI_IOC 'W' > > +#define WMI_IO(instance) _IO(WMI_IOC, instance) > > +#define WMI_IOR(instance, type) _IOR(WMI_IOC, instance, type) > > +#define WMI_IOW(instance, type) _IOW(WMI_IOC, instance, type) > > +#define WMI_IOWR(instance, type) _IOWR(WMI_IOC, instance, type) > > Are these really needed in a uapi .h file? Who needs them? And why not > just use a "normal" ioctl macro in your individual driver .h file? Do > these really help? > Since this is setting precedent that WMI drivers will use the IOC 'W' and the WMI bus driver will dispatch calls to the proper drivers, I think they make sense to include. I'm a little unclear - do you disagree? Or do you just think I need to include a comment in the header file with this information? Thanks,