Re: UFS API in the kernel

[Joao Pinto]

I was able to get the 7 patches to have the UFS IOCTL features from your repo.
BTW, why weren't these features submitted to the kernel?
I checked lots of tweaks that you have been making to the UFS... do you
synchronize them periodically with the mainline? Thanks!

On 9/28/2016 10:19 AM, Joao Pinto wrote:
> 
> Hi again!
> Could you also send me an example of how you are using the IOCTL from your user
> app (send/receive data)? I already have my implemented but you use a different
> mechanism (I have checked your structures in uapi/scsi/ufs/) and I have to port
> it! Thanks!
> 
> 
> On 9/28/2016 10:06 AM, Joao Pinto wrote:
>>
>> Hi Subhash,
>>
>> On 9/28/2016 12:05 AM, subhashj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> Hi Joao,
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2016-09-26 18:10, Kiwoong Kim wrote:
>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>> If you want to declare some things for user interface,
>>>> is it be better to put those thing include/uapi/linux/ than include/linux?
>>>>
>>>> Agreed with Mr. Pinto's opinion with respect to implementing additional ioctls.
>>>
>>> Yes, "scsi_host_template" allows the LLD's to export their ioctl callback and
>>> then you can use the sg interface to issue UFS specific ioctls. We had
>>> implemented similar ioctl for our use, here is the reference code:
>>> https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/tree/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c?h=LA.HB.1.1.1.c2#n6791.
>>> This was mainly done to  export the UFS query request interface to user space.
>>> Declarations where exported under include/uapi/scsi/ufs/ . If you want to build
>>> upon this already existing functionality, i can post the formal patch on mailing
>>> list.
>>
>> Yes, of course I have interest on building on top of what you have done already.
>> Did yu submit this patch to the kernel already? Could you please send me the
>> patch and kernel version to apply?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Joao
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Subhash
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards.
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: linux-scsi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-scsi-
>>>>> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shaun Tancheff
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 4:23 AM
>>>>> To: Joao Pinto
>>>>> Cc: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Subject: Re: UFS API in the kernel
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am designing an application that has the goal to be an utility for
>>>>>> Unipro and UFS testing purposes. This application is going to run on
>>>>>> top of a recent Linux Kernel containing the new UFS stack (including the
>>>>> new DWC drivers).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am considering doing the following:
>>>>>> a) Create a new config item called CONFIG_UFS_CHARDEV which is going
>>>>>> to create a char device responsible to make some IOCTL available for
>>>>>> user-space applications
>>>>>> b) Create a linux/ufs.h header file that contains data structures
>>>>>> declarations that will be needed in user-space applications
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not very familiar with UFS devices, that said you should have an sgX
>>>>> chardev being created already so you can handle SG_IO requests.
>>>>> There also appear to be some sysfs entries being created.
>>>>>
>>>>> So between sg and sysfs you should be able to handle any user-space out of
>>>>> band requests without resorting to making a new chardev.
>>>>>
>>>>> Adding more sysfs entries, if you need them, should be fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> You may find it easier to expand on the existing interfaces than to get
>>>>> consensus on a new driver and ioctls.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>> Shaun
>>>>>
>>>>>> Could you please advise me about what the correct approach should be
>>>>>> to make it as standard as possible and usable in the future?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you very much for your help!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>> Joao
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