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2017-02-10binder: Add support for file-descriptor arraysMartijn Coenen
This patch introduces a new binder_fd_array object, that allows us to support one or more file descriptors embedded in a buffer that is scatter-gathered. Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Martijn Coenen <maco@google.com> Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com> Cc: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org> Cc: Serban Constantinescu <serban.constantinescu@arm.com> Cc: Dmitry Shmidt <dimitrysh@google.com> Cc: Rom Lemarchand <romlem@google.com> Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@android.com> Signed-off-by: Martijn Coenen <maco@google.com> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2017-02-10binder: Add support for scatter-gatherMartijn Coenen
Previously all data passed over binder needed to be serialized, with the exception of Binder objects and file descriptors. This patchs adds support for scatter-gathering raw memory buffers into a binder transaction, avoiding the need to first serialize them into a Parcel. To remain backwards compatibile with existing binder clients, it introduces two new command ioctls for this purpose - BC_TRANSACTION_SG and BC_REPLY_SG. These commands may only be used with the new binder_transaction_data_sg structure, which adds a field for the total size of the buffers we are scatter-gathering. Because memory buffers may contain pointers to other buffers, we allow callers to specify a parent buffer and an offset into it, to indicate this is a location pointing to the buffer that we are fixing up. The kernel will then take care of fixing up the pointer to that buffer as well. Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Martijn Coenen <maco@google.com> Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com> Cc: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org> Cc: Serban Constantinescu <serban.constantinescu@arm.com> Cc: Dmitry Shmidt <dimitrysh@google.com> Cc: Rom Lemarchand <romlem@google.com> Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@android.com> Signed-off-by: Martijn Coenen <maco@google.com> [jstultz: Fold in small fix from Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>] Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2017-02-10binder: Split flat_binder_objectMartijn Coenen
flat_binder_object is used for both handling binder objects and file descriptors, even though the two are mostly independent. Since we'll have more fixup objects in binder in the future, instead of extending flat_binder_object again, split out file descriptors to their own object while retaining backwards compatibility to existing user-space clients. All binder objects just share a header. Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Martijn Coenen <maco@google.com> Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com> Cc: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org> Cc: Serban Constantinescu <serban.constantinescu@arm.com> Cc: Dmitry Shmidt <dimitrysh@google.com> Cc: Rom Lemarchand <romlem@google.com> Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@android.com> Signed-off-by: Martijn Coenen <maco@google.com> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2014-10-20android: uapi: binder.hGreg Kroah-Hartman
add types.h to .h file to pass the checker scripts, and provide a proper uapi .h file. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2014-10-20staging: android: binder: move to the "real" part of the kernelGreg Kroah-Hartman
The Android binder code has been "stable" for many years now. No matter what comes in the future, we are going to have to support this API, so might as well move it to the "real" part of the kernel as there's no real work that needs to be done to the existing code. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>