linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] [v4] drivers/virt: introduce Freescale hypervisor management driver

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Date:	Thu, 9 Jun 2011 09:29:23 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	kumar.gala@...escale.com, benh@...nel.crashing.org, greg@...ah.com,
	akpm@...nel.org, cmetcalf@...era.com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
	dsaxena@...aro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-console@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] [v4] drivers/virt: introduce Freescale hypervisor management driver

On Thursday 09 June 2011 00:45:54 Timur Tabi wrote:
> +struct fsl_hv_ioctl_memcpy {
> +       __u32 ret;
> +       __u32 source;
> +       __u32 target;
> +       __u64 local_vaddr;
> +       __u64 remote_paddr;
> +       __u64 count;
> +};

> +struct fsl_hv_ioctl_prop {
> +       __u32 ret;
> +       __u32 handle;
> +       __u64 path;
> +       __u64 propname;
> +       __u64 propval;
> +       __u32 proplen;
> +};

These structures have implied padding. Better make it explicit by
adding the appropriate __u32 __pad1 members or similar.

> +/*
> + * ioctl commands.
> + */
> +enum {
> +       FSL_HV_IOCTL_PARTITION_RESTART = 1, /* Boot another partition */
> +       FSL_HV_IOCTL_PARTITION_GET_STATUS = 2, /* Boot another partition */
> +       FSL_HV_IOCTL_PARTITION_START = 3, /* Boot another partition */
> +       FSL_HV_IOCTL_PARTITION_STOP = 4, /* Stop this or another partition */
> +       FSL_HV_IOCTL_MEMCPY = 5, /* Copy data from one partition to another */
> +       FSL_HV_IOCTL_DOORBELL = 6, /* Ring a doorbell */
> +
> +       /* Get a property from another guest's device tree */
> +       FSL_HV_IOCTL_GETPROP = 7,
> +
> +       /* Set a property in another guest's device tree */
> +       FSL_HV_IOCTL_SETPROP = 8,
> +};

As discussed before, this one should really be using the _IOC macros to define
the commands that you use based on the structure definitions above, e.g.

#define FSL_HV_IOCTL_GETPROP _IORW(FSL_HV, 8, struct fsl_hv_ioctl_prop)

Then get rid of all the code that takes apart the ioctl command numbers
again and just do a switch/case based on the command.

	Arnd

	Arnd
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