On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 01:41:45PM +0000, mario.limoncie...@dell.com wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg KH [mailto:g...@kroah.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 6:07 AM > > To: Limonciello, Mario <mario_limoncie...@dell.com> > > Cc: dvh...@infradead.org; Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevche...@gmail.com>; > > LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; platform-driver-...@vger.kernel.org; > > Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org>; quasi...@google.com; > > pali.ro...@gmail.com; r...@rjwysocki.net; mj...@google.com; h...@lst.de > > 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.
But who will use those macros? Those drivers? As the individual drivers have to define the correct "instance, type", this seems like a header file that is wrapping things unnecessarily. Why not just put all of the needed WMI ioctls in a single file, one for all of the drivers? No need to have special per-driver ioctl .h files, right? thanks, greg k-h
