Re: [v11 3/7] iio: core: Add new DMABUF interface infrastructure

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Wed Jun 19 2024 - 07:57:36 EST



> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/219abc43b4fdd4a13b307ed2efaa0e6869e68e3f.camel@xxxxxxxxx/T/#eefd360069c4261aec9621fafde30924706571c94
>
> (and responses below)
>
> It's more nuanced than I remembered.



>> * Will the desire grow for further collateral evolution according to
>>   affected software components?
>
> Not sure what you mean by that.

Advanced programming interfaces were added a while ago.

Example:
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10-rc4/source/include/linux/cleanup.h#L8

Corresponding attempts for increasing API usage need to adapt to remaining change reluctance,
don't they?

Regards,
Markus