linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] virtio: Add platform bus driver for memory mapped virtio device

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Date:	Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:57:24 +0100
From:	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
	<virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>,
	"Michael S.Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] virtio: Add platform bus driver for memory mapped
 virtio device

On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 03:57 +0100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > Oh, really? My host-side implementation is just doing that:
> > 
> >         addr += align - 1;
> >         addr &= ~(align - 1);
> 
> OK, so you're assuming power of 2.  Make sure you kill the guest or at
> least the device if it's not though.

Yep, I have assertions all around such places :-) (it's a non-production
code yet so I can do that)

> > \item The dynamic configuration changes, as described in p. 2.4.3
> > ``Dealing With Configuration Changes'' are not permitted.
> 
> This means some devices simply won't work, at least in theory.  Why
> don't you support this?

Uh. I simply forgot about it - my Host block device doesn't do that, so
I ignored that feature initially and then it slipped through cracks. And
till now I didn't realize that most of the drivers actually use this :-O
My fault.

Simple to fix anyway - I'll just add InterruptStatus register and use
second bit (same with InterruptACK) to get this through. Will be done on
Monday.

Any other final complaints regarding the interface while I'm on it? ;-)

Cheers!

Paweł


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