From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-m68k <linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org>,
linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 18/25] powerpc: Implement nvram sync ioctl
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 13:16:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK8P3a1rkdMXGOt90SDhBkVvFeNsqdoMKQAu4nLfk_Eg+_CB6g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.21.1812301744540.424@nippy.intranet>
On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 8:25 AM Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 29 Dec 2018, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>
> > > --- a/drivers/char/nvram.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/char/nvram.c
> > > @@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
> > > #include <linux/mutex.h>
> > > #include <linux/pagemap.h>
> > >
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC
> > > +#include <asm/nvram.h>
> > > +#include <asm/machdep.h>
> > > +#endif
> > >
> > > static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvram_mutex);
> > > static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(nvram_state_lock);
> > > @@ -331,6 +335,37 @@ static long nvram_misc_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
> > > long ret = -ENOTTY;
> > >
> > > switch (cmd) {
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC
> > > + case OBSOLETE_PMAC_NVRAM_GET_OFFSET:
> > > + pr_warn("nvram: Using obsolete PMAC_NVRAM_GET_OFFSET ioctl\n");
> > > + /* fall through */
> > > + case IOC_NVRAM_GET_OFFSET:
> > > + ret = -EINVAL;
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PMAC
> >
> > I think it would make be nicer here to keep the ppc bits in arch/ppc,
> > and instead add a .ioctl() callback to nvram_ops.
> >
>
> The problem with having an nvram_ops.ioctl() method is the code in the
> !PPC branch. That code would get duplicated because it's needed by both
> X86 and M68K, to implement the checksum ioctls.
I was thinking you'd just have a common ioctl function that falls
back to the .ioctl callback for any unhandled commands like
switch (cmd) {
case NVRAM_INIT:
...
break;
case ...:
break;
default:
if (ops->ioctl)
return ops->ioctl(...);
return -EINVAL;
}
Would that work?
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-31 12:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-26 0:37 [PATCH v8 00/25] Re-use nvram module Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 24/25] powerpc: Adopt nvram module for PPC64 Finn Thain
2018-12-29 22:36 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-12-30 3:28 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-31 12:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-01 1:38 ` Finn Thain
2019-01-04 8:45 ` Finn Thain
2019-01-06 23:36 ` Michael Ellerman
2019-01-07 4:52 ` Finn Thain
2019-01-08 9:27 ` Michael Ellerman
2019-01-08 22:51 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 07/25] char/nvram: Allow the set_checksum and initialize ioctls to be omitted Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 22/25] powerpc: Remove CONFIG_GENERIC_NVRAM and adopt CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_NVRAM_OPS Finn Thain
2019-01-03 8:05 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-03 22:11 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 16/25] powerpc: Add missing ppc_md.nvram_size for CHRP and PowerMac Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 03/25] m68k/atari: Replace nvram_{read,write}_byte with arch_nvram_ops Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 11/25] m68k/mac: Use macros for RTC accesses not magic numbers Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 02/25] m68k/atari: Move Atari-specific code out of drivers/char/nvram.c Finn Thain
2018-12-28 16:51 ` LEROY Christophe
2018-12-29 1:16 ` Finn Thain
2019-01-02 22:29 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 21/25] nvram: Drop nvram_* symbol exports and prototypes Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 14/25] char/nvram: Add "devname:nvram" module alias Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 08/25] char/nvram: Implement NVRAM read/write methods Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 15/25] powerpc: Clean up nvram includes Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 05/25] char/nvram: Adopt arch_nvram_ops Finn Thain
2019-01-03 8:02 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-03 22:08 ` Finn Thain
2019-01-04 17:56 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-04 22:05 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 25/25] powerpc: Remove pmac_xpram_{read,write} functions Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 06/25] x86/thinkpad_acpi: Use arch_nvram_ops methods instead of nvram_read_byte() and nvram_write_byte() Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 12/25] m68k/mac: Fix PRAM accessors Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 18/25] powerpc: Implement nvram sync ioctl Finn Thain
2018-12-29 22:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-12-30 7:25 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-30 23:13 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-31 12:17 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-12-31 12:16 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2019-01-01 1:06 ` Finn Thain
2019-01-02 22:25 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 23/25] char/generic_nvram: Remove as unused Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 10/25] m68k/mac: Adopt naming and calling conventions for PRAM routines Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 09/25] m68k/atari: Implement arch_nvram_ops methods and enable CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_NVRAM_OPS Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 17/25] powerpc: Implement arch_nvram_ops.get_size() and remove old nvram_* exports Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 04/25] char/nvram: Re-order functions to remove forward declarations and #ifdefs Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 13/25] m68k: Dispatch nvram_ops calls to Atari or Mac functions Finn Thain
2018-12-29 22:27 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-12-30 7:26 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-30 17:53 ` LEROY Christophe
2018-12-30 22:12 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-31 12:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 19/25] powerpc, fbdev: Use NV_CMODE and NV_VMODE only when CONFIG_PPC32 && CONFIG_PPC_PMAC && CONFIG_NVRAM Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 20/25] powerpc, fbdev: Use arch_nvram_ops methods instead of nvram_read_byte() and nvram_write_byte() Finn Thain
2018-12-29 17:02 ` LEROY Christophe
2018-12-29 23:43 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-31 12:29 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-01 1:10 ` Finn Thain
2019-01-05 23:06 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-26 0:37 ` [PATCH v8 01/25] scsi/atari_scsi: Don't select CONFIG_NVRAM Finn Thain
2018-12-28 16:38 ` LEROY Christophe
2018-12-29 1:06 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-29 1:33 ` Michael Schmitz
2018-12-29 2:34 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-29 2:50 ` Michael Schmitz
2018-12-29 21:37 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-12-30 17:50 ` LEROY Christophe
2018-12-30 18:06 ` James Bottomley
2018-12-30 21:44 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-30 22:45 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-29 16:55 ` LEROY Christophe
2018-12-29 18:54 ` Michael Schmitz
2018-12-29 2:54 ` Michael Schmitz
2018-12-29 22:45 ` [PATCH v8 00/25] Re-use nvram module Arnd Bergmann
2018-12-30 0:09 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-30 4:05 ` Finn Thain
2018-12-31 12:22 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-12-31 22:54 ` Finn Thain
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