On Fri, 2022-11-18 at 09:07 -0600, Nathan Lynch wrote:
> Convert rtas_token() to use a lockless binary search on the function
> table. Fall back to the old behavior for lookups against names that
> are not known to be RTAS functions, but issue a warning. rtas_token()
> is for function names; it is not a general facility for accessing
> arbitrary properties of the /rtas node. All known misuses of
> rtas_token() have been converted to more appropriate of_ APIs in
> preceding changes.
For in-kernel users, why not go all the way: make rtas_token() static
and use it purely for the userspace API, and switch kernel users over
to using rtas_function_index directly?
> +enum rtas_function_flags {
> + RTAS_FN_FLAG_BANNED_FOR_SYSCALL_ON_LE = (1 << 0),
> +};
This seems to be new, what's the justification?
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Andrew Donnellan OzLabs, ADL Canberra
a...@linux.ibm.com IBM Australia Limited
