Re: [PATCH 03/10] KVM: PPC: reserve a capability and ioctl numbers for realmode VFIO

From: Alexander Graf
Date: Thu Aug 15 2013 - 04:00:44 EST



On 15.08.2013, at 09:54, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:

> On 08/15/2013 05:43 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>
>> On 15.08.2013, at 09:42, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
>>
>>> On 08/15/2013 05:25 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 15.08.2013, at 09:24, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 15.08.2013, at 09:22, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 08/15/2013 05:16 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 01.08.2013, at 06:44, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is to reserve a capablity number for upcoming support
>>>>>>>> of VFIO-IOMMU DMA operations in real mode.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> Changes:
>>>>>>>> 2013/07/16:
>>>>>>>> * changed the number
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2013/07/11:
>>>>>>>> * changed order in a file, added comment about a gap in ioctl number
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 4 ++++
>>>>>>>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>>>>>>>> index 99c2533..53c3f1f 100644
>>>>>>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>>>>>>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>>>>>>>> @@ -668,6 +668,7 @@ struct kvm_ppc_smmu_info {
>>>>>>>> #define KVM_CAP_IRQ_XICS 92
>>>>>>>> #define KVM_CAP_ARM_EL1_32BIT 93
>>>>>>>> #define KVM_CAP_SPAPR_MULTITCE 94
>>>>>>>> +#define KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE_IOMMU 95
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> #ifdef KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> @@ -933,6 +934,9 @@ struct kvm_s390_ucas_mapping {
>>>>>>>> #define KVM_ARM_SET_DEVICE_ADDR _IOW(KVMIO, 0xab, struct kvm_arm_device_addr)
>>>>>>>> /* Available with KVM_CAP_PPC_RTAS */
>>>>>>>> #define KVM_PPC_RTAS_DEFINE_TOKEN _IOW(KVMIO, 0xac, struct kvm_rtas_token_args)
>>>>>>>> +/* 0xad and 0xaf are already taken */
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> so 0xad and 0xaf are already taken? where?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mistype :( s/af/ae/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They are taken in this file:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1016 /* VM is being stopped by host */
>>>>>> 1017 #define KVM_KVMCLOCK_CTRL _IO(KVMIO, 0xad)
>>>>>> 1018 #define KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT _IOW(KVMIO, 0xae, struct kvm_vcpu_init)
>>>>>
>>>>> Could you please make sure that whoever reads the comment in a year still knows where to look? :)
>>>>
>>>> Something like
>>>>
>>>> /* 0xad is taken by KVM_KVMCLOCK_CTRL */
>>>> /* 0xaf is taken by KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT */
>>>
>>>
>>> Missed this mail and reposted without this comment but updated commit
>>> message saying where they are used. Repost again?
>>
>> The commit message doesn't really help, since you don't see that one when you read the header file later. So yes, please.
>
>
> Ok. Reposted as "[PATCH v8] KVM: PPC: reserve a capability and ioctl
> numbers for realmode VFIO". Thank you. Sorry for my disturbing ignorance.

In this case it's just sloppyness which disturbs be a lot less, as I'm sloppy myself :).


Alex

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