linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: Switch 'requests' to be 64-bit (explicitly)

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Message-ID: <CALMp9eSHOUS6N+VohNQ6Fibu-Yc9965f0KhWKXUQOg-97mtpcw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:26:55 -0700
From:   Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
To:     "Raslan, KarimAllah" <karahmed@...zon.de>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "rkrcmar@...hat.com" <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        "pbonzini@...hat.com" <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: Switch 'requests' to be 64-bit (explicitly)

On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 6:12 AM, Raslan, KarimAllah <karahmed@...zon.de> wrote:
> On Sun, 2018-04-15 at 00:26 +0200, KarimAllah Ahmed wrote:
>> Switch 'requests' to be explicitly 64-bit and update BUILD_BUG_ON check to
>> use the size of "requests" instead of the hard-coded '32'.
>>
>> That gives us a bit more room again for arch-specific requests as we
>> already ran out of space for x86 due to the hard-coded check.
>>
>> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
>> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
>> Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org
>> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@...zon.de>

I like it!

Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>