mirror of
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
synced 2026-05-05 21:44:23 -04:00
1f7ff9d5d3
Use macros to make names consistent in ioctl() uAPI: The ioctl() uAPI works with object-method hierarchy. The method part also states which handler should be executed when this method is called from user-space. Therefore, we need to tie method, method's id, method's handler and the object owning this method together. Previously, this was done through explicit developer chosen names. This makes grepping the code harder. Changing the method's name, method's handler and object's name to be automatically generated based on the ids. The headers are split in a way so they be included and used by user-space. One header strictly contains structures that are used directly by user-space applications, where another header is used for internal library (i.e. libibverbs) to form the ioctl() commands. Other header simply contains the required general command structure. Reviewed-by: Yishai Hadas <yishaih@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Matan Barak <matanb@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.