Re: [v2 2/6] KVM: arm64: Add SMCCC paravirtualised lock calls

[Punit Agrawal]

Usama Arif <usama.arif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Add a new SMCCC compatible hypercalls for PV lock features:
>   ARM_SMCCC_KVM_FUNC_PV_LOCK:   0xC6000002
>
> Also add the header file which defines the ABI for the paravirtualized
> lock features we're about to add.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zengruan Ye <yezengruan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/pvlock-abi.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/arm-smccc.h           |  8 ++++++++
>  tools/include/linux/arm-smccc.h     |  8 ++++++++
>  3 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/pvlock-abi.h
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pvlock-abi.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pvlock-abi.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..3f4574071679
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pvlock-abi.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/*
> + * Copyright(c) 2019 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
> + * Author: Zengruan Ye <yezengruan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> + *         Usama Arif <usama.arif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __ASM_PVLOCK_ABI_H
> +#define __ASM_PVLOCK_ABI_H
> +
> +struct pvlock_vcpu_state {
> +	__le64 preempted;
> +	/* Structure must be 64 byte aligned, pad to that size */
> +	u8 padding[56];
> +} __packed;

For structure alignment, I'd have expected to see the use of "aligned"
attribute. Is there any benefit in using padding to achieve alignment?

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