Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] powerpc/iommu: Enable remaining IOMMU Pagesizes present in LoPAR

From: Segher Boessenkool
Date: Mon Apr 12 2021 - 18:29:08 EST


On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 02:36:16PM +1000, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
> On 08/04/2021 19:04, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_4K 0x01
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_64K 0x02
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_16M 0x04
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_32M 0x08
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_64M 0x10
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_128M 0x20
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_256M 0x40
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_16G 0x80
> >>>
> >>>I'm not sure the #defines really gain us much vs just putting the
> >>>literal values in the array below?
> >>
> >>Then someone says "uuuuu magic values" :) I do not mind either way.
> >>Thanks,
> >
> >Yeah that's true. But #defining them doesn't make them less magic, if
> >you only use them in one place :)
>
> Defining them with "QUERY_DDW" in the names kinda tells where they are
> from. Can also grep QEMU using these to see how the other side handles
> it. Dunno.

And *not* defining anything reduces the mental load a lot. You can add
a comment at the single spot you use them, explaining what this is, in a
much better way!

Comments are *good*.


Segher