Re: [PATCH v5 5/6] net: maclorawan: Implement maclorawan class module

[Jian-Hong Pan <starnight@g.ncu.edu.tw>]

> Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 03:27:09PM CET, starnight@g.ncu.edu.tw wrote:
> >> Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 11:18:59AM CET, starnight@g.ncu.edu.tw wrote:
> >> >LoRaWAN defined by LoRa Alliance(TM) is the MAC layer over LoRa devices.
> >> >
> >> >This patch implements part of Class A end-devices SoftMAC defined in
> >> >LoRaWAN(TM) Specification Ver. 1.0.2:
> >> >1. End-device receive slot timing
> >> >2. Only single channel and single data rate for now
> >> >3. Unconfirmed data up/down message types
> >> >
> >> >On the other side, it defines the basic interface and operation
> >> >functions for compatible LoRa device drivers.
> >> >
> >> >Signed-off-by: Jian-Hong Pan <starnight@g.ncu.edu.tw>
> >> >---
> >> >V2:
> >> >- Split the LoRaWAN class module patch in V1 into LoRaWAN socket and
> >> >  LoRaWAN Soft MAC modules
> >> >- Modify for Big/Little-Endian
> >> >- Use SPDX license identifiers
> >> >
> >> >V3:
> >> >- Remove the decoration word - inline of the functions
> >> >- Order local variables from longest to shortest line in the functions
> >> >- Change the calling mac_cb function to lrw_get_mac_cb macro
> >> >
> >> >V4:
> >> >- Fix the delay period between RX window#1 and window#2
> >> >- Fix by coding style report from scripts/checkpatch.pl
> >> >
> >> >V5:
> >> >- Initial rx_skb_list when it is allocated with LoRa hardware
> >> >- Check the sk_buff's data length before access it
> >> >- Deal FPort field and decrypt payload in lrw_parse_frame function
> >> >- Drop the recieved frame if parse failed
> >> >- Fix the bug which passes wrong skb properties from maclorawan to lorawan module
> >> >
> >> > net/maclorawan/Kconfig  |  14 +
> >> > net/maclorawan/Makefile |   2 +
> >> > net/maclorawan/mac.c    | 555 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> > net/maclorawan/main.c   | 606 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> > 4 files changed, 1177 insertions(+)
> >> > create mode 100644 net/maclorawan/Kconfig
> >> > create mode 100644 net/maclorawan/Makefile
> >> > create mode 100644 net/maclorawan/mac.c
> >> > create mode 100644 net/maclorawan/main.c
> >>
> >>
> >> I don't get it. In patch "Add LoRaWAN API declaration for LoRa devices"
> >> you add headers for "API" and here you implement functions. That is just
> >> weird. Does it mean you can have other implementations?
> >
> >LoRaWAN defined by LoRa Alliance(TM) is the MAC layer over LoRa PHY.
> >This part is soft-MAC as Andreas mentioned
> >http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-lpwan/2018-December/000010.html
>
> Okay, that does not answer my concern about header file in one patch and
> the actual implementation of functions in another one.

Just for clarification:
- Patch "net: lorawan: Add LoRaWAN socket module" is for lorawan module
- Patch "net: lorawan: Add LoRaWAN API declaration for LoRa devices"
containes the header file "include/linux/lora/lorawan.h" which will be
included by LoRa device drivers or other kernel modules.
- Patches "net: maclorawan: Add maclorawan module declaration", "net:
maclorawan: Implement the crypto of maclorawan module" and "net:
maclorawan: Implement maclorawan class module" are for maclorawan
module.

Question 1:
Should I marge "net: maclorawan: Add maclorawan module declaration",
"net: maclorawan: Implement the crypto of maclorawan module" and "net:
maclorawan: Implement maclorawan class module" into a single patch
named "net: maclorawan: Add maclorawan as the soft-MAC module"?

Then:
For example, after a LoRa device driver includes the header
"linux/lora/lorawan.h", the device driver will call "lrw_alloc_hw()"
and pass with a "struct lrw_operations" type of variable's pointer.
It gets a type of "struct lrw_hw *" pointer.  Then, it will call
"lrw_register_hw()" to register the device.  The device driver
implements the callback functions for the "struct lrw_operations" type
of variable by it self before calls "lrw_alloc_hw()".

Question 2:
Should the patch "net: lorawan: Add LoRaWAN API declaration for LoRa
devices" also be merged into "net: maclorawan: Add maclorawan as the
soft-MAC module" or "net: maclorawan: Implement maclorawan class
module"?  Or, just leave it as a single patch?