From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95510C43603 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2019 08:35:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57CE724677 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2019 08:35:40 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="vCkW4+rw" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726665AbfLFIfj (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Dec 2019 03:35:39 -0500 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.133]:53906 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725866AbfLFIfj (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Dec 2019 03:35:39 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version :References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=UV9q3o7jAvEZwvvbVSHDzMwRL8D4dgdMETxRcUUBx3A=; b=vCkW4+rwW3x3/tPWqTK+TBxAv IJizviNkGbYhLxrDY1gXfQH/lWAYJuc4jJ7pOJGNYvacY+ptkIr+xYQph4zh7i/nuQ+n5+p7sPjMl hA8V/8eLkJ7pYeqidwfSGpkgwNiypUMFnOHcISYcqkWMzcpHvfGSOURLQ0DevI4hUWJXcxx19vyPV Ud01AdChoYN5xkw+rW6E+0PFbxip++fyek69UhQMyhGf3t97BJEWBidhggQ/m0vFwDEaWN36/mGpV Jdbsr5GByI9Cw02a08qD1knSOeWcKzCjcEWxQEgUSHWRry5bSSiX55betbCtoyqyBqxP/ufjB4LAp MLUcy/BkA==; Received: from hch by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1id95M-00076u-VM; Fri, 06 Dec 2019 08:35:36 +0000 Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 00:35:36 -0800 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Can Guo Cc: asutoshd@codeaurora.org, nguyenb@codeaurora.org, rnayak@codeaurora.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@android.com, saravanak@google.com, salyzyn@google.com, Alim Akhtar , Avri Altman , Pedro Sousa , "James E.J. Bottomley" , "Martin K. Petersen" , Stanley Chu , Bean Huo , Tomas Winkler , Bjorn Andersson , Arnd Bergmann , open list Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: ufs: Export query request interfaces Message-ID: <20191206083536.GA15390@infradead.org> References: <0101016ed90ccaa9-28e4056b-b182-4739-80e0-c9f1dff0f257-000000@us-west-2.amazonses.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0101016ed90ccaa9-28e4056b-b182-4739-80e0-c9f1dff0f257-000000@us-west-2.amazonses.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 06, 2019 at 02:32:04AM +0000, Can Guo wrote: > Vendor drivers may need to send query requests in proprietary > implementations. Hence, export the query request interfaces > so that vendor drivers can use them. Vendor driver ain't matter. If you submit your driver to mainline and can prove a need you can add a patch to export interface to the series adding the driver.