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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchi/TODO | 42 |
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diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchi/TODO b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchi/TODO index 0b3ec75ff627..fc2752bc95b2 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchi/TODO +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchi/TODO @@ -49,3 +49,45 @@ such as dev_info, dev_dbg, and friends. A short top-down description of this driver's architecture (function of kthreads, userspace, limitations) could be very helpful for reviewers. + +7) Review and comment memory barriers + +There is a heavy use of memory barriers in this driver, it would be very +beneficial to go over all of them and, if correct, comment on their merits. +Extra points to whomever confidently reviews the remote_event_*() family of +functions. + +8) Get rid of custom function return values + +Most functions use a custom set of return values, we should force proper Linux +error numbers. Special care is needed for VCHIQ_RETRY. + +9) Reformat core code with more sane indentations + +The code follows the 80 characters limitation yet tends to go 3 or 4 levels of +indentation deep making it very unpleasant to read. This is specially relevant +in the character driver ioctl code and in the core thread functions. + +10) Reorganize file structure: Move char driver to it's own file and join both +platform files + +The cdev is defined alongside with the platform code in vchiq_arm.c. It would +be nice to completely decouple it from the actual core code. For instance to be +able to use bcm2835-audio without having /dev/vchiq created. One could argue +it's better for security reasons or general cleanliness. It could even be +interesting to create two different kernel modules, something the likes of +vchiq-core.ko and vchiq-dev.ko. This would also ease the upstreaming process. + +The code in vchiq_bcm2835_arm.c should fit in the generic platform file. + +12) Get rid of all the struct typedefs + +Most structs are typedefd, it's not encouraged in the kernel. + +13) Get rid of all non essential global structures and create a proper per +device structure + +The first thing one generally sees in a probe function is a memory allocation +for all the device specific data. This structure is then passed all over the +driver. This is good practice since it makes the driver work regardless of the +number of devices probed. |