> -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Williams <dan.j.willi...@intel.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2020 2:00 PM > To: Ertman, David M <david.m.ert...@intel.com> > Cc: alsa-de...@alsa-project.org; Takashi Iwai <ti...@suse.de>; Mark Brown > <broo...@kernel.org>; linux-rdma <linux-r...@vger.kernel.org>; Jason > Gunthorpe <j...@nvidia.com>; Doug Ledford <dledf...@redhat.com>; > Netdev <net...@vger.kernel.org>; David Miller <da...@davemloft.net>; > Jakub Kicinski <k...@kernel.org>; Greg KH <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>; > Ranjani Sridharan <ranjani.sridha...@linux.intel.com>; Pierre-Louis Bossart > <pierre-louis.boss...@linux.intel.com>; Fred Oh <fred...@linux.intel.com>; > Parav Pandit <pa...@mellanox.com>; Saleem, Shiraz > <shiraz.sal...@intel.com>; Patil, Kiran <kiran.pa...@intel.com>; Linux > Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; Leon Romanovsky > <leo...@nvidia.com> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] Add auxiliary bus support > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 11:28 AM Ertman, David M > <david.m.ert...@intel.com> wrote: > [..] > > > > Each auxiliary_device represents a part of its parent > > > > +functionality. The generic behavior can be extended and specialized as > > > needed > > > > +by encapsulating an auxiliary_device within other domain-specific > > > structures and > > > > +the use of .ops callbacks. Devices on the auxiliary bus do not share > > > > any > > > > +structures and the use of a communication channel with the parent is > > > > +domain-specific. > > > > > > Should there be any guidance here on when to use ops and when to just > > > export functions from parent driver to child. EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() > seems > > > a perfect fit for publishing shared routines between parent and child. > > > > > > > I would leave this up the driver writers to determine what is best for them. > > I think there is a pathological case that can be avoided with a > statement like the following: > > "Note that ops are intended as a way to augment instance behavior > within a class of auxiliary devices, it is not the mechanism for > exporting common infrastructure from the parent. Consider > EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() to convey infrastructure from the parent module to > the auxiliary module(s)." > > As for your other dispositions of the feedback, looks good to me.
I will add this in. -DaveE
