linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] virtio_pci: fix macro exported in uapi

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Date:	Fri, 17 May 2013 09:39:07 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_pci: fix macro exported in uapi

"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> writes:
> macro VIRTIO_PCI_CONFIG except in the unlikely event userspace
> actually has a structure with a field named msix_enabled.
> Get the msix_enabled by value instead, to make it useful
> for userspace.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>

Macro still isn't usable, because userspace can't know whether it's the
new or old.

We need to either remove it from UAPI, or rename it to
VIRTIO_PCI_CONFIG_OFF.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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