On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 16:33:11 +0000 Parav Pandit <[email protected]> wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cornelia Huck <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 2:58 PM > > To: Parav Pandit <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; linux- > > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] vfio/mdev: Removed unused and redundant API for > > mdev UUID > > > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 09:18:26 -0500 > > Parav Pandit <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > There is no single production driver who is interested in mdev device > > > uuid. Currently UUID is mainly used to derive a device name. > > > Additionally mdev device name is already available using core kernel > > > API dev_name(). > > > > Well, the mdev code actually uses the uuid to check for duplicates before > > registration with the driver core would fail... I'd just drop the two > > sentences > Yes, it does the check. But its mainly used to derive a device name. > And to ensure that there are no two devices with duplicate name, it compares > with the uuid. > > Even this 16 bytes storage is redundant. > Subsequently, I will submit a patch to get rid of storing this 16 bytes of > UUID too. > Because for duplicate name check, device name itself is pretty good enough. > > Since I ran out of time and rc-4 is going on, I differed the 3rd > simplification patch. I'm not sure why we'd want to ditch the uuid; it's not like it is taking up huge amounts of space... and I see the device name being derived from the unique identifier that is the uuid, and not as the unique identifier itself. > > Commit message actually came from the thoughts of 3rd patch, but I see that > without it, its not so intuitive. > > > talking about the device name, IMHO they don't really add useful > > information; > > but I'll leave that decision to the maintainers. > > > > > > > > Hence removed unused exported symbol. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <[email protected]> > > > --- > > > Changelog: > > > v0->v1: > > > - Updated commit log to address comments from Cornelia > > > --- > > > drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c | 6 ------ > > > include/linux/mdev.h | 1 - > > > 2 files changed, 7 deletions(-) > > > > Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <[email protected]> > Thanks for the review.
