linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] virtio_pci: better macro exported in uapi

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Date:	Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:13 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] virtio_pci: better macro exported in uapi

"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> writes:

> Macro VIRTIO_PCI_CONFIG assumes that userspace actually has a structure
> with a field named msix_enabled.  Add VIRTIO_PCI_CONFIG_OFF that gets
> the msix_enabled by value instead, to make it useful for userspace.  We
> still keep VIRTIO_PCI_CONFIG around for now, in case some userspace uses
> it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>

Applied.

Thanks,
Rusty.

> ---
>
> Changes from v1:
> - rename macro to VIRTIO_PCI_CONFIG_OFF so preprocessor
>   can be used to check for its presence, as suggested
>   by Rusty
> - keep old macro around as suggested by David Howells
>
>  include/uapi/linux/virtio_pci.h | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_pci.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_pci.h
> index ea66f3f..e5ec1ca 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_pci.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_pci.h
> @@ -80,7 +80,9 @@
>  
>  /* The remaining space is defined by each driver as the per-driver
>   * configuration space */
> -#define VIRTIO_PCI_CONFIG(dev)		((dev)->msix_enabled ? 24 : 20)
> +#define VIRTIO_PCI_CONFIG_OFF(msix_enabled)	((msix_enabled) ? 24 : 20)
> +/* Deprecated: please use VIRTIO_PCI_CONFIG_OFF instead */
> +#define VIRTIO_PCI_CONFIG(dev)	VIRTIO_PCI_CONFIG_OFF((dev)->msix_enabled)
>  
>  /* Virtio ABI version, this must match exactly */
>  #define VIRTIO_PCI_ABI_VERSION		0
> -- 
> MST
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