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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/18] remoteproc: qcom: Move minidump specific data to
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On 04/05/2023 14:26, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
> 
> 
> On 5/4/2023 5:33 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 04/05/2023 13:58, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/4/2023 5:08 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> On 03/05/2023 19:02, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
>>>>> Move minidump specific data types and macros to a separate internal
>>>>> header(qcom_minidump.h) so that it can be shared among different
>>>>> Qualcomm drivers.
>>>>
>>>> No, this is not internal header. You moved it to global header.
>>>>
>>>> There is no reason driver internals should be exposed to other unrelated
>>>> subsystems.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There is no change in functional behavior after this.
>>>>
>>>> It is. You made all these internal symbols available to others.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This comes without justification why other drivers needs to access
>>>> private and internal data. It does not look correct design. NAK.
>>>
>>> Thanks for catching outdated commit text, will fix the commit with
>>> more descriptive reasoning.
>>>
>>> It has to be global so that co-processor minidump and apss minidump can
>>> share data structure and they are lying in different directory.
>>>
>>
>> Then you should not share all the internals of memory layout but only
>> few pieces necessary to talk with minidump driver. The minidump driver
>> should organize everything how it wants.
> 
> These are core data structure which is shared with boot firmware and the
> one's are moved here all are required by minidump driver .

I am not sure if I understand correctly. If they are all required by
minidump driver, then this must not be in include, but stay with
minidump. Remoteproc then should not touch it.

I don't understand why internals of minidump should be important for
remoteproc. If they are, means you broken encapsulation.

> 
> If you follow here[1], i raised by concern to make this particular one's
> as private and later to avoid confusion went with single header.
> But if others agree, I will keep the one that get shared with minidump
> as separate one or if relative path of headers are allowed that can make
> it private between these drivers(which i don't think, will be allowed or
> recommended).

Let's be specific: why MD_REGION_VALID must be available for remoteproc
or any other driver after introducing qcom minidump driver?


Best regards,
Krzysztof