linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] virtio: core support for config generation

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Date:	Fri, 19 Dec 2014 13:31:53 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] virtio: core support for config generation

"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> writes:
> virtio 1.0 spec says:
>
> Drivers MUST NOT assume reads from fields greater than 32 bits wide are
> atomic, nor are reads from multiple fields: drivers SHOULD read device
> configuration space fields like so:
> 	u32 before, after;
> 	do {
> 		before = get_config_generation(device);
> 		// read config entry/entries.
> 		after = get_config_generation(device);
> 	} while (after != before);
>
> Do exactly this, for transports that support it.

>  static inline void virtio_cwrite8(struct virtio_device *vdev,
> @@ -352,6 +375,7 @@ static inline u64 virtio_cread64(struct virtio_device *vdev,
>  {
>  	u64 ret;
>  	vdev->config->get(vdev, offset, &ret, sizeof(ret));
> +	__virtio_cread_many(vdev, offset, &ret, 1, sizeof(ret));
>  	return virtio64_to_cpu(vdev, (__force __virtio64)ret);
>  }

The "vdev->config->get(vdev, offset, &ret, sizeof(ret));" should
be deleted.  Harmless if not, though.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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