linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/14] x86: use generic swiotlb

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Date:   Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:52:14 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
cc:     x86@...nel.org, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Muli Ben-Yehuda <mulix@...ix.org>,
        Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/14] x86: use generic swiotlb_ops

On Thu, 15 Mar 2018, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 10:00:57AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > >  #if defined(CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU) || defined(CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU)
> > >  	void *iommu; /* hook for IOMMU specific extension */
> > >  #endif
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_STA2X11
> > > +	bool is_sta2x11 : 1;
> > 
> > Huch? Please use either bool or an unsigned int based bitfield. A boolean
> > bitfield doesn't make sense.
> 
> bool bitfields are perfectly valid in C99 and used in various places in
> the kernel. But if you want either bool or an unsigned bitfield let me
> know and I'll switch it over.

Yeah, I know that the standard defines it, but that doesn't mean it makes
sense. At least not to me.

Thanks,

	tglx