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Subject: Claude review: dma-buf: heaps: allow heap to specify valid heap flags
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:59:18 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <review-patch4-20260209153809.250835-5-jiri@resnulli.us> (raw)
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Patch Review
**Subject**: `dma-buf: heaps: allow heap to specify valid heap flags`
**Files Modified**: `drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c`, `include/linux/dma-heap.h`
**Verdict**: ❌ **REJECT** (violates design principles)
#### Technical Review
Adds per-heap flag validation to allow different heaps to accept different flags.
**API Change** (include/linux/dma-heap.h:47-48):
```c
struct dma_heap_export_info {
const char *name;
const struct dma_heap_ops *ops;
void *priv;
+ unsigned long valid_heap_flags;
};
```
**Implementation** (drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c:127-129):
```c
- if (heap_allocation->heap_flags & ~DMA_HEAP_VALID_HEAP_FLAGS)
+ if (heap_allocation->heap_flags & ~heap->valid_heap_flags)
return -EINVAL;
```
**Technical Correctness**: The implementation is correct and functional.
**Design Issues** (CRITICAL):
❌ **Violates original dma-buf heaps design philosophy**
- Per maintainer John Stultz: "heap flags are supposed to be more generic allocation flags that could potentially apply to all/most of the heaps"
- This was an explicit lesson learned from ION driver, which had heap-specific flags causing API chaos
- Quote from review: "heap specific flags is something I intentionally avoided"
❌ **Slippery slope**
- Once you allow per-heap flags, every heap will add its own flags
- Leads to non-portable userspace code that must know which flags work with which heaps
- Defeats the purpose of a generic dma-buf heaps API
❌ **Alternative exists**
- Per maintainer recommendation: create separate heap with different name (e.g., "system_cc_decrypted")
- This is the idiomatic way to expose different allocation behaviors
- Keeps the flag namespace clean and generic
**Maintainer Feedback**:
```
From: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
"heap specific flags is something I intentionally avoided. That
can be done if you just create a heap w/ a different name."
```
**Author Response**:
```
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
"Okay, will send v2 with the separate heap name instead."
```
**Recommendation**: **DROP THIS PATCH** and use separate heap name approach in v2.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-11 6:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-09 15:38 [PATCH 0/5] dma-buf: heaps: system: add an option to allocate explicitly decrypted memory Jiri Pirko
2026-02-09 15:38 ` [PATCH 1/5] dma-mapping: avoid random addr value print out on error path Jiri Pirko
2026-02-11 6:59 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-02-12 11:03 ` [PATCH 1/5] " Marek Szyprowski
2026-02-12 12:52 ` Jiri Pirko
2026-02-09 15:38 ` [PATCH 2/5] dma-mapping: introduce DMA_ATTR_CC_DECRYPTED for pre-decrypted memory Jiri Pirko
2026-02-11 6:59 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-02-09 15:38 ` [PATCH 3/5] dma-buf: heaps: use designated initializer for exp_info Jiri Pirko
2026-02-11 6:59 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-02-09 15:38 ` [PATCH 4/5] dma-buf: heaps: allow heap to specify valid heap flags Jiri Pirko
2026-02-09 20:08 ` John Stultz
2026-02-10 0:29 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-02-10 9:14 ` Jiri Pirko
2026-02-10 12:43 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-02-10 14:49 ` Jiri Pirko
2026-02-10 14:54 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-02-10 9:05 ` Jiri Pirko
2026-02-10 12:48 ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-02-10 20:05 ` John Stultz
2026-02-11 6:59 ` Claude Code Review Bot [this message]
2026-02-09 15:38 ` [PATCH 5/5] dma-buf: heaps: system: add an option to allocate explicitly decrypted memory Jiri Pirko
2026-02-10 12:02 ` kernel test robot
2026-02-10 18:03 ` kernel test robot
2026-02-11 6:59 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-02-11 6:59 ` Claude Code Review Bot
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