Re: [PATCH 1/1] UIO: Add a write() function to enable/disable interrupts

["Tom Spink" <tspink@gmail.com>]

2008/5/23 Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de>:
> Am Fri, 23 May 2008 13:00:17 +0100
> schrieb "Tom Spink" <tspink@gmail.com>:
>
>> My initial idea was just a thought anyway, just to
>> maintain a bit of extensibility if .write is ever needed for something
>> else. :-)
>
> Hi Tom,
> thanks for your contribution, but for me it's just the other way round:
> I'm glad write() gets a defined purpose before people do something
> stupid with it. It's good to remember that all data exchange with the
> device has to be done through the mapped memory. If this is not
> possible, the hardware is no candidate for a UIO driver.
>
> BTW, I wait for the first UIO driver which abuses this write()
> function to write many different values to trigger different actions.
> I wonder if I should restrict write() to the value 0 and 1...
>
> Thanks,
> Hans

Hi Hans,

Thanks for your explanation.  Another thing, I noticed then, is that
in your return statement, you blindly return the the value of
irqcontrol if it's non-zero, and if it's zero, then the length of the
data written.  However, if irqcontrol returns a value that's > 0, it
could potentially confuse writers.  I guess it's up to the implementer
of irqcontrol to ensure they stick to -EXXX and 0, but it's just a
thought (while you were on the subject of input validation!)

-- 
Tom Spink