From: Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@gmail.com>
To: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>
Cc: Elliot Berman <quic_eberman@quicinc.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 09/14] mailbox: Add Gunyah message queue mailbox
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 12:37:12 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABb+yY1qpMdvfEwAFphYJJVvAQiNj7_gRmkRk38xx_QXr_qPBA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220929165908.zgmlujhp42ihine5@builder.lan>
On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 11:59 AM Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 12:56:28PM -0700, Elliot Berman wrote:
> [..]
> > diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/gunyah-msgq.c b/drivers/mailbox/gunyah-msgq.c
> [..]
> > +static int gh_msgq_send_data(struct mbox_chan *chan, void *data)
> > +{
> > + struct gunyah_msgq *msgq = mbox_chan_to_msgq(chan);
> > + struct gunyah_msgq_tx_data *msgq_data = data;
>
> The mailbox framework abstracts hardware mailboxes and @data
> should be the data to be written to the hardware.
>
> Using the void * to pass composite data types means that the client and
> provider are tightly coupled and as such the mailbox framework does not
> provide you any abstraction.
>
It is so for every platform, because there is no "standard format" in
which data is to be exchanged between endpoints.
Mailbox api is used mainly to avoid redoing message queuing and
response handling.
cheers.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-29 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-28 19:56 [PATCH v4 00/14] Drivers for gunyah hypervisor Elliot Berman
2022-09-28 19:56 ` [PATCH v4 01/14] docs: gunyah: Introduce Gunyah Hypervisor Elliot Berman
2022-09-29 3:43 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2022-09-29 4:02 ` Elliot Berman
2022-09-28 19:56 ` [PATCH v4 02/14] dt-bindings: Add binding for gunyah hypervisor Elliot Berman
2022-09-28 19:56 ` [PATCH v4 03/14] gunyah: Common types and error codes for Gunyah hypercalls Elliot Berman
2022-09-28 19:56 ` [PATCH v4 04/14] arm64: smccc: Include alternative-macros.h Elliot Berman
2022-09-28 19:56 ` [PATCH v4 05/14] virt: gunyah: Add hypercalls to identify Gunyah Elliot Berman
2022-09-28 19:56 ` [PATCH v4 06/14] virt: gunyah: Add sysfs nodes Elliot Berman
2022-09-30 12:09 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-10-04 23:50 ` Elliot Berman
2022-10-05 6:23 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-09-28 19:56 ` [PATCH v4 07/14] mailbox: Allow direct registration to a channel Elliot Berman
2022-09-28 19:56 ` [PATCH v4 08/14] virt: gunyah: msgq: Add hypercalls to send and receive messages Elliot Berman
2022-09-28 19:56 ` [PATCH v4 09/14] mailbox: Add Gunyah message queue mailbox Elliot Berman
2022-09-29 16:59 ` Bjorn Andersson
2022-09-29 17:37 ` Jassi Brar [this message]
2022-09-28 19:56 ` [PATCH v4 10/14] gunyah: sysfs: Add node to describe supported features Elliot Berman
2022-09-29 7:36 ` Joe Perches
2022-09-29 20:47 ` Elliot Berman
2022-10-02 23:30 ` Jeff Johnson
2022-10-02 23:58 ` Joe Perches
2022-09-30 12:06 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-10-04 23:53 ` Elliot Berman
2022-09-28 19:56 ` [PATCH v4 11/14] gunyah: rsc_mgr: Add resource manager RPC core Elliot Berman
2022-09-28 19:56 ` [PATCH v4 12/14] gunyah: rsc_mgr: Add RPC for console services Elliot Berman
2022-09-30 12:22 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-10-03 1:46 ` new checkpatch flexible array test ? (was Re: [PATCH v4 12/14] gunyah: rsc_mgr: Add RPC for console services) Joe Perches
2022-10-03 5:29 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-10-03 5:38 ` Joe Perches
2022-10-31 18:23 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2022-09-28 19:56 ` [PATCH v4 13/14] gunyah: rsc_mgr: Add auxiliary devices for console Elliot Berman
2022-09-30 12:19 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-10-04 23:49 ` Elliot Berman
2022-10-05 6:21 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-10-05 21:47 ` Elliot Berman
2022-10-06 6:28 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-09-28 19:56 ` [PATCH v4 14/14] tty: gunyah: Add tty console driver for RM Console Services Elliot Berman
2022-09-30 12:17 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-10-07 5:59 ` Elliot Berman
2022-10-07 7:40 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-10-09 20:59 ` Elliot Berman
2022-10-10 20:23 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-10-10 20:58 ` Elliot Berman
2022-10-11 6:22 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-10-11 22:04 ` Elliot Berman
2022-10-12 6:53 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-10-08 7:41 ` Zhou Furong
2022-10-08 9:52 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-10-03 7:01 ` Jiri Slaby
2022-10-10 18:06 ` Elliot Berman
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