Re: [PATCH] uio: add UIO_MEM_CUSTOM support

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Feb 15 2017 - 12:19:48 EST


On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 12:43:06PM +0800, lixiubo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Xiubo Li <lixiubo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This will allow UIO based drivers, like TCMU, have opportunities to
> implement their own mmap magics.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <lixiubo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/uio/uio.c | 2 ++
> include/linux/uio_driver.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c
> index fba021f..6ca0ae0 100644
> --- a/drivers/uio/uio.c
> +++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c
> @@ -708,6 +708,8 @@ static int uio_mmap(struct file *filep, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> case UIO_MEM_LOGICAL:
> case UIO_MEM_VIRTUAL:
> return uio_mmap_logical(vma);
> + case UIO_MEM_CUSTOM:
> + return 0;

How does this help?

Can you provide an update to the documentation in
Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst to show how to use this?

thanks,

greg k-h