From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Rob Clark <rob.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: "Russell King - ARM Linux" <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, patches@linaro.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: add get_user() support for 8 byte types
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:39:07 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201211151339.08016.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAF6AEGv-O_D6nOnEwi5w8NUcv+dQFe7pJBXhUA8xq+tykG4dfg@mail.gmail.com>
On Thursday 15 November 2012, Rob Clark wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 3:19 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 13 November 2012, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> >> You're missing something; that is one of the greatest powers of open
> >> source. The many eyes (and minds) effect. Someone out there probably
> >> has a solution to whatever problem, the trick is to find that person. :)
> >>
> >> I think we have a working solution for this for ARM. It won't be suitable
> >> for every arch, where they have 8-bit and 16-bit registers able to be
> >> allocated by the compiler, but for architectures where the minimum register
> >> size is 32-bit, what we have below should work.
> >
> > I don't mind at all adding the extension to ARM, and I think it's pretty
> > cool that you guys actually found a working solution.
> >
> > The part that worries me is that we are making architecture independent
> > code depend on a clever hack that may or may not be possible to implement
> > on a given architecture, and that most architecture maintainers wouldn't
> > know how to implement correctly even if it's possible.
>
> I could always send a 3rd version with a comment smashed on about why
> that works if you think this is a problem..
Comments are always good, so I'd surely like to see those get added.
As I said, I don't have any objections to the addition of your patch to
the ARM code, which sounds useful to have.
I still haven't heard a conclusive argument why we need to use get_user()
rather than copy_from_user() in the DRM code. Is this about a fast path
where you want to shave off a few cycles for each call, or does this
simplify the code structure, or something else?
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-15 13:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-09 21:17 [PATCH] ARM: add get_user() support for 8 byte types Rob Clark
2012-11-12 10:46 ` Will Deacon
2012-11-12 13:46 ` Rob Clark
2012-11-12 14:38 ` Will Deacon
2012-11-12 15:09 ` Rob Clark
2012-11-12 19:27 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-11-12 19:58 ` Rob Clark
2012-11-12 23:08 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-11-12 23:33 ` Rob Clark
2012-11-12 23:53 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-11-13 0:31 ` Rob Clark
2012-11-13 9:11 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-11-13 11:24 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-11-15 9:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-11-15 13:04 ` Rob Clark
2012-11-15 13:39 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2012-11-15 13:46 ` Rob Clark
2012-11-15 14:39 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-11-19 14:32 ` Ville Syrjälä
2012-11-19 14:48 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-11-19 15:18 ` Ville Syrjälä
2012-11-13 11:04 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-11-13 15:00 Rob Clark
2012-11-15 22:01 Rob Clark
2012-11-15 22:22 ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-11-16 8:18 ` Arnd Bergmann
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