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Re: [RFC PATCH 06/12] staging: android: ion: Remove crufty cache support

From Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [RFC PATCH 06/12] staging: android: ion: Remove crufty cache support
Date 2017-03-03 19:50 +0100
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On 03/03/2017 08:39 AM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> On Friday 03 Mar 2017 10:56:54 Daniel Vetter wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 01:44:38PM -0800, Laura Abbott wrote:
>>> Now that we call dma_map in the dma_buf API callbacks there is no need
>>> to use the existing cache APIs. Remove the sync ioctl and the existing
>>> bad dma_sync calls. Explicit caching can be handled with the dma_buf
>>> sync API.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
>>> ---
>>>
>>>  drivers/staging/android/ion/ion-ioctl.c         |  5 ----
>>>  drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c               | 40 --------------------
>>>  drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_carveout_heap.c |  6 ----
>>>  drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_chunk_heap.c    |  6 ----
>>>  drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_page_pool.c     |  3 --
>>>  drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c   |  5 ----
>>>  6 files changed, 65 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion-ioctl.c
>>> b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion-ioctl.c index 5b2e93f..f820d77 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion-ioctl.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion-ioctl.c
>>> @@ -146,11 +146,6 @@ long ion_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
>>> unsigned long arg)> 
>>>  			data.handle.handle = handle->id;
>>>  		
>>>  		break;
>>>  	
>>>  	}
>>>
>>> -	case ION_IOC_SYNC:
>>> -	{
>>> -		ret = ion_sync_for_device(client, data.fd.fd);
>>> -		break;
>>> -	}
>>
>> You missed the case ION_IOC_SYNC: in compat_ion.c.
>>
>> While at it: Should we also remove the entire custom_ioctl infrastructure?
>> It's entirely unused afaict, and for a pure buffer allocator I don't see
>> any need to have custom ioctl.
> 
> I second that, if you want to make ion a standard API, then we certainly don't 
> want any custom ioctl.
> 
>> More code to remove potentially:
>> - The entire compat ioctl stuff - would be an abi break, but I guess if we
>>   pick the 32bit abi and clean up the uapi headers we'll be mostly fine.
>>   would allow us to remove compat_ion.c entirely.
>>
>> - ION_IOC_IMPORT: With this ion is purely an allocator, so not sure we
>>   still need to be able to import anything. All the cache flushing/mapping
>>   is done through dma-buf ops/ioctls.
>>
>>

Good point to all of the above. I was considering keeping the import around
for backwards compatibility reasons but given how much other stuff is being
potentially broken, everything should just get ripped out.

Thanks,
Laura

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[RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of staging Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-02 22:50 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 01/12] staging: android: ion: Remove dmap_cnt Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-02 22:50 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 10/12] staging: android: ion: Use CMA APIs directly Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-02 22:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 10/12] staging: android: ion: Use CMA APIs directly Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> - 2017-03-03 17:50 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 10/12] staging: android: ion: Use CMA APIs directly Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-03 20:00 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH 10/12] staging: android: ion: Use CMA APIs directly Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-03-06 11:50 +0100
          Re: [RFC PATCH 10/12] staging: android: ion: Use CMA APIs directly Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> - 2017-03-06 14:50 +0100
            Re: [RFC PATCH 10/12] staging: android: ion: Use CMA APIs directly Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-03-06 17:00 +0100
              Re: [RFC PATCH 10/12] staging: android: ion: Use CMA APIs directly Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-06 20:30 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 09/12] cma: Introduce cma_for_each_area Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-02 22:50 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 03/12] staging: android: ion: Duplicate sg_table Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-02 22:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 03/12] staging: android: ion: Duplicate sg_table "Hillf Danton" <hillf.zj@alibaba-inc.com> - 2017-03-03 09:40 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 03/12] staging: android: ion: Duplicate sg_table Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-03 19:50 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 11/12] staging: android: ion: Make Ion heaps selectable Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-02 22:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 11/12] staging: android: ion: Make Ion heaps  selectable Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-03-03 16:10 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 11/12] staging: android: ion: Make Ion heaps  selectable Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-03 20:50 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 05/12] staging: android: ion: Remove page faulting support Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-02 22:50 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 02/12] staging: android: ion: Remove alignment from allocation field Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-02 22:50 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 04/12] staging: android: ion: Call dma_map_sg for syncing and mapping Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-02 22:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 04/12] staging: android: ion: Call dma_map_sg for  syncing and mapping Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> - 2017-03-03 12:10 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 04/12] staging: android: ion: Call dma_map_sg for  syncing and mapping Eric Engestrom <eric.engestrom@imgtec.com> - 2017-03-03 13:00 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 04/12] staging: android: ion: Call dma_map_sg for syncing and mapping Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> - 2017-03-03 17:40 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 04/12] staging: android: ion: Call dma_map_sg for  syncing and mapping Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-03 19:50 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 07/12] staging: android: ion: Remove old platform support Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-02 22:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 07/12] staging: android: ion: Remove old platform  support Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-03-03 11:40 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 06/12] staging: android: ion: Remove crufty cache support Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-02 22:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 06/12] staging: android: ion: Remove crufty cache  support Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-03-03 11:00 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 06/12] staging: android: ion: Remove crufty cache support Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> - 2017-03-03 18:00 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH 06/12] staging: android: ion: Remove crufty cache  support Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-03 19:50 +0100
          Re: [RFC PATCH 06/12] staging: android: ion: Remove crufty cache  support Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-03-06 11:50 +0100
            Re: [RFC PATCH 06/12] staging: android: ion: Remove crufty cache support Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com> - 2017-03-06 18:40 +0100
              Re: [RFC PATCH 06/12] staging: android: ion: Remove crufty cache  support Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-06 20:30 +0100
  Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-03-03 11:40 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-03-03 11:40 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of staging Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> - 2017-03-03 15:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of staging Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> - 2017-03-03 17:50 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-03 20:20 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-03-06 11:50 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of staging Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> - 2017-03-06 16:10 +0100
          Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-03-06 17:40 +0100
  Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-03-03 14:40 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-03 18:50 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-03-06 09:10 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-03-06 12:00 +0100
          Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> - 2017-03-06 12:00 +0100
            Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-03-06 17:20 +0100
              Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of staging Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> - 2017-03-09 11:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-09 19:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2017-03-10 11:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com> - 2017-03-10 12:50 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2017-03-10 15:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-10 17:50 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-03-10 13:50 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of staging Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com> - 2017-03-10 15:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of staging Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> - 2017-03-12 14:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of staging Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> - 2017-03-12 20:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-13 22:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of staging Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com> - 2017-03-13 22:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-13 23:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com> - 2017-03-13 12:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> - 2017-03-13 14:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-13 22:50 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-13 22:30 +0100
          Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-03-06 14:40 +0100
  Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of staging Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> - 2017-03-03 17:30 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Ion cleanup in preparation for moving out of  staging Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2017-03-03 20:20 +0100

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