Re: [PATCH 2/2] cxl: add set/get private data to context struct

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Wed Aug 19 2015 - 00:49:39 EST


On Wed, 2015-08-19 at 14:19 +1000, Ian Munsie wrote:
> From: Michael Neuling <mikey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This provides AFU drivers a means to associate private data with a cxl
> context. This is particularly intended for make the new callbacks for
> driver specific events easier for AFU drivers to use, as they can easily
> get back to any private data structures they may use.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie <imunsie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/misc/cxl/api.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h | 3 +++
> include/misc/cxl.h | 7 +++++++
> 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
> index e0f0c78..5f0b22e 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
> @@ -70,6 +70,27 @@ int cxl_release_context(struct cxl_context *ctx)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cxl_release_context);
>
> +
> +int cxl_set_priv(struct cxl_context *ctx, void *priv)
> +{
> + if (!ctx)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + ctx->priv = priv;
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cxl_set_priv);
> +
> +void *cxl_get_priv(struct cxl_context *ctx)
> +{
> + if (!ctx)
> + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> +
> + return ctx->priv;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cxl_get_priv);


Do we really need the accessors? They don't buy anything I can see over just
using ctx->priv directly.

cheers


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