linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/4] xen/interface: re-define FRONT/BACK_RING

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Date:   Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:33:46 +0000
From:   Paul Durrant <pdurrant@...zon.com>
To:     <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Paul Durrant <pdurrant@...zon.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        "Stefano Stabellini" <sstabellini@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/4] xen/interface: re-define FRONT/BACK_RING_ATTACH()

Currently these macros are defined to re-initialize a front/back ring
(respectively) to values read from the shared ring in such a way that any
requests/responses that are added to the shared ring whilst the front/back
is detached will be skipped over. This, in general, is not a desirable
semantic since most frontend implementations will eventually block waiting
for a response which would either never appear or never be processed.

Since the macros are currently unused, take this opportunity to re-define
them to re-initialize a front/back ring using specified values. This also
allows FRONT/BACK_RING_INIT() to be re-defined in terms of
FRONT/BACK_RING_ATTACH() using a specified value of 0.

NOTE: BACK_RING_ATTACH() will be used directly in a subsequent patch.

Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <pdurrant@...zon.com>
---
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>

A patch to add the FRONT/BACK_RING_ATTACH() macros to the canonical
ring.h in xen.git will be sent once the definitions have been agreed.

v2:
 - change definitions to take explicit initial index values
---
 include/xen/interface/io/ring.h | 29 +++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/xen/interface/io/ring.h b/include/xen/interface/io/ring.h
index 3f40501fc60b..2af7a1cd6658 100644
--- a/include/xen/interface/io/ring.h
+++ b/include/xen/interface/io/ring.h
@@ -125,35 +125,24 @@ struct __name##_back_ring {						\
     memset((_s)->pad, 0, sizeof((_s)->pad));				\
 } while(0)
 
-#define FRONT_RING_INIT(_r, _s, __size) do {				\
-    (_r)->req_prod_pvt = 0;						\
-    (_r)->rsp_cons = 0;							\
+#define FRONT_RING_ATTACH(_r, _s, _i, __size) do {			\
+    (_r)->req_prod_pvt = (_i);						\
+    (_r)->rsp_cons = (_i);						\
     (_r)->nr_ents = __RING_SIZE(_s, __size);				\
     (_r)->sring = (_s);							\
 } while (0)
 
-#define BACK_RING_INIT(_r, _s, __size) do {				\
-    (_r)->rsp_prod_pvt = 0;						\
-    (_r)->req_cons = 0;							\
-    (_r)->nr_ents = __RING_SIZE(_s, __size);				\
-    (_r)->sring = (_s);							\
-} while (0)
+#define FRONT_RING_INIT(_r, _s, __size) FRONT_RING_ATTACH(_r, _s, 0, __size)
 
-/* Initialize to existing shared indexes -- for recovery */
-#define FRONT_RING_ATTACH(_r, _s, __size) do {				\
-    (_r)->sring = (_s);							\
-    (_r)->req_prod_pvt = (_s)->req_prod;				\
-    (_r)->rsp_cons = (_s)->rsp_prod;					\
+#define BACK_RING_ATTACH(_r, _s, _i, __size) do {			\
+    (_r)->rsp_prod_pvt = (_i);						\
+    (_r)->req_cons = (_i);						\
     (_r)->nr_ents = __RING_SIZE(_s, __size);				\
-} while (0)
-
-#define BACK_RING_ATTACH(_r, _s, __size) do {				\
     (_r)->sring = (_s);							\
-    (_r)->rsp_prod_pvt = (_s)->rsp_prod;				\
-    (_r)->req_cons = (_s)->req_prod;					\
-    (_r)->nr_ents = __RING_SIZE(_s, __size);				\
 } while (0)
 
+#define BACK_RING_INIT(_r, _s, __size) BACK_RING_ATTACH(_r, _s, 0, __size)
+
 /* How big is this ring? */
 #define RING_SIZE(_r)							\
     ((_r)->nr_ents)
-- 
2.20.1