Re: [PATCH 0/5] bus: fsl-mc: add userspace support

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 07:07:47PM +0200, Ioana Ciornei wrote:
> From: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@xxxxxxx>
> 
> This patch set adds userspace support in the fsl-mc bus along with a
> rescan attribute to the root DPRC container. An earlier discussion on
> this functionality can be found at the link below. I didn't continue
> with the versioning scheme since quite some time has passed since the
> last discussion.
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/11/20/1162
> 
> The FSL_MC_SEND_MC_COMMAND ioctl acts as a direct passthrough to the
> Management Complex (or MC) by passing fixed-length command/response
> pairs. Keeping in mind that the MC manages DPAA2 hardware resources and
> provides and object-based abstraction for sofware drivers, the proposed
> ioctl interface enables userspace tools to do the following: 
>  - Get layout information about the available resources abstracted and
>    exported by the Management Complex firmware. This is especially
>    useful to generate a complete description of the current hardware
>    resource partitioning.
>  - Manage DPAA2 objects lifecycle (create, destroy) and establish
>    connection between different components as needed.
> 
> The ioctl interface is intended for dynamic usecases where DPAA2 objects
> need to be created on demand or destroyed so that the underlying
> hardware resources can be further repurposed. In static usecases,
> depending on the requirements, a firmware configuration file can be used
> to describe the needed DPAA2 objects, their attributes or any link
> between them.
> 
> Each command received through the ioctl interface is first checked
> against a list of accepted MC commands. Also, commands which would alter
> the hardware resource management require CAP_NET_ADMIN.  The command is
> also check so that it does not contain garbage beyond the maximum size
> expected for that command id.

I need an ack from the maintainers here before I can take this series.

thanks,

greg k-h