Re: [PATCH] uio: add UIO_MEM_CUSTOM support

[Xiubo Li <lixiubo@cmss.chinamobile.com>]

>> buffer(uio0 --> map0). Currently the TCMU will using the fixed small
>> size map
>> area as the ring buffer, but this will be the bottleneck for high iops.
>>
>> Without knowing how large it is enough, so the new scheme will use the
>> fixed
>> small ring buffer area(about 64M ~ 128M) + dynamically "growing" ring
>> buffer
>> area(about 1.5G).
> The following code is in uio_mmap() in uio.c:
>
> if (idev->info->mmap) {
> 	ret = idev->info->mmap(idev->info, vma);
> 	return ret;
> }
>
> switch (idev->info->mem[mi].memtype) {
> 	case UIO_MEM_PHYS:
> 		return uio_mmap_physical(vma);
> 	case UIO_MEM_LOGICAL:
> 	case UIO_MEM_VIRTUAL:
> 		return uio_mmap_logical(vma);
> 	default:
> 		return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> We already have the equivalent of a CUSTOM memtype because TCMU sets the
> info->mmap fn, overriding uio's default handling choices in favor of its
> own.
For the driver like TCMU, the UIO_MEM_NONE could be used with
implementing its own ->mmap() magic, instead of adding new
UIO_MEM_CUSTOM. But will the semantic be clearer by using
_CUSTOM instead of _NONE  ?

Thanks,

BRs
Xiubo
> HTH -- Regards -- Andy
>