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Documentation: Document user_events ioctl code

Message ID 20240703222501.1547-1-beaub@linux.microsoft.com (mailing list archive)
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Series Documentation: Document user_events ioctl code | expand

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Beau Belgrave July 3, 2024, 10:25 p.m. UTC
The user events trace subsystem uses the 0x2A/'*' code for ioctls. These
are published via the uapi/linux/user_events.h header file.

Add a line indicating user events as the owner of the 0x2A/'*' code and the
current sequence numbers that are in use (00-02).

Signed-off-by: Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com>
---
 Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Comments

Mathieu Desnoyers July 3, 2024, 10:58 p.m. UTC | #1
On 03-Jul-2024 10:25:01 PM, Beau Belgrave wrote:
> The user events trace subsystem uses the 0x2A/'*' code for ioctls. These
> are published via the uapi/linux/user_events.h header file.
> 
> Add a line indicating user events as the owner of the 0x2A/'*' code and the
> current sequence numbers that are in use (00-02).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> index a141e8e65c5d..191609fe4593 100644
> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> @@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ Code  Seq#    Include File                                           Comments
>  '%'   00-0F  include/uapi/linux/stm.h                                System Trace Module subsystem
>                                                                       <mailto:alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
>  '&'   00-07  drivers/firewire/nosy-user.h
> +'*'   00-02  uapi/linux/user_events.h                                User Events Subsystem

You may want to consider reserving a wider sequence number range to plan
ahead for future extensions to user events. This way you won't end up
having to jump over sequence numbers eventually reserved by others
within the '*' code.

Thanks,

Mathieu


> +                                                                     <mailto:linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
>  '1'   00-1F  linux/timepps.h                                         PPS kit from Ulrich Windl
>                                                                       <ftp://ftp.de.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/ntp/PPS/>
>  '2'   01-04  linux/i2o.h
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>
Beau Belgrave July 3, 2024, 11:13 p.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 06:58:03PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> On 03-Jul-2024 10:25:01 PM, Beau Belgrave wrote:
> > The user events trace subsystem uses the 0x2A/'*' code for ioctls. These
> > are published via the uapi/linux/user_events.h header file.
> > 
> > Add a line indicating user events as the owner of the 0x2A/'*' code and the
> > current sequence numbers that are in use (00-02).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> > index a141e8e65c5d..191609fe4593 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> > @@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ Code  Seq#    Include File                                           Comments
> >  '%'   00-0F  include/uapi/linux/stm.h                                System Trace Module subsystem
> >                                                                       <mailto:alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
> >  '&'   00-07  drivers/firewire/nosy-user.h
> > +'*'   00-02  uapi/linux/user_events.h                                User Events Subsystem
> 
> You may want to consider reserving a wider sequence number range to plan
> ahead for future extensions to user events. This way you won't end up
> having to jump over sequence numbers eventually reserved by others
> within the '*' code.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mathieu

Yeah, I thought about that, but really didn't know how greedy we could
be. At first I had all, but then thought we would never use all of that
sequence. We'll likely want a few more for libside integration.

Maybe I'll grab the first 16, that should leave a lot for others and
give us quite bit of growing room.

How many do you think we'll need for libside? I think we'd only need 2-3
personally.

Thanks,
-Beau

> 
> 
> > +                                                                     <mailto:linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> >  '1'   00-1F  linux/timepps.h                                         PPS kit from Ulrich Windl
> >                                                                       <ftp://ftp.de.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/ntp/PPS/>
> >  '2'   01-04  linux/i2o.h
> > -- 
> > 2.34.1
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Mathieu Desnoyers
> EfficiOS Inc.
> http://www.efficios.com
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) July 8, 2024, 10:44 p.m. UTC | #3
On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 16:13:43 -0700
Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 06:58:03PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > On 03-Jul-2024 10:25:01 PM, Beau Belgrave wrote:
> > > The user events trace subsystem uses the 0x2A/'*' code for ioctls. These
> > > are published via the uapi/linux/user_events.h header file.
> > > 
> > > Add a line indicating user events as the owner of the 0x2A/'*' code and the
> > > current sequence numbers that are in use (00-02).
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com>
> > > ---
> > >  Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst | 2 ++
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> > > index a141e8e65c5d..191609fe4593 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> > > +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> > > @@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ Code  Seq#    Include File                                           Comments
> > >  '%'   00-0F  include/uapi/linux/stm.h                                System Trace Module subsystem
> > >                                                                       <mailto:alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
> > >  '&'   00-07  drivers/firewire/nosy-user.h
> > > +'*'   00-02  uapi/linux/user_events.h                                User Events Subsystem
> > 
> > You may want to consider reserving a wider sequence number range to plan
> > ahead for future extensions to user events. This way you won't end up
> > having to jump over sequence numbers eventually reserved by others
> > within the '*' code.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Mathieu
> 
> Yeah, I thought about that, but really didn't know how greedy we could
> be. At first I had all, but then thought we would never use all of that
> sequence. We'll likely want a few more for libside integration.
> 
> Maybe I'll grab the first 16, that should leave a lot for others and
> give us quite bit of growing room.

I think that sounds reasonable, there is a sentence in the same file:

----
If you are writing a driver for a new device and need a letter, pick an
unused block with enough room for expansion: 32 to 256 ioctl commands.
----

Maybe you can reserve a block for 32 ioctl.

Thank you,

> 
> How many do you think we'll need for libside? I think we'd only need 2-3
> personally.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Beau
> 
> > 
> > 
> > > +                                                                     <mailto:linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> > >  '1'   00-1F  linux/timepps.h                                         PPS kit from Ulrich Windl
> > >                                                                       <ftp://ftp.de.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/ntp/PPS/>
> > >  '2'   01-04  linux/i2o.h
> > > -- 
> > > 2.34.1
> > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Mathieu Desnoyers
> > EfficiOS Inc.
> > http://www.efficios.com
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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
index a141e8e65c5d..191609fe4593 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@  Code  Seq#    Include File                                           Comments
 '%'   00-0F  include/uapi/linux/stm.h                                System Trace Module subsystem
                                                                      <mailto:alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
 '&'   00-07  drivers/firewire/nosy-user.h
+'*'   00-02  uapi/linux/user_events.h                                User Events Subsystem
+                                                                     <mailto:linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
 '1'   00-1F  linux/timepps.h                                         PPS kit from Ulrich Windl
                                                                      <ftp://ftp.de.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/ntp/PPS/>
 '2'   01-04  linux/i2o.h