linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 11/16] xen/grant-table: make grant-table xenhost aware

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Message-ID: <71d3131a-cd14-6bf6-391a-6e4b0533fb23@suse.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:36:13 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Cc:     pbonzini@...hat.com, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
        konrad.wilk@...cle.com, sstabellini@...nel.org,
        joao.m.martins@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 11/16] xen/grant-table: make grant-table xenhost aware

On 09.05.19 19:25, Ankur Arora wrote:
> Largely mechanical changes: the exported grant table symbols now take
> xenhost_t * as a parameter. Also, move the grant table global state
> inside xenhost_t.
> 
> If there's more than one xenhost, then initialize both.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@...cle.com>
> ---
>   arch/x86/xen/grant-table.c |  71 +++--
>   drivers/xen/grant-table.c  | 611 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>   include/xen/grant_table.h  |  72 ++---
>   include/xen/xenhost.h      |  11 +
>   4 files changed, 443 insertions(+), 322 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/xen/xenhost.h b/include/xen/xenhost.h
> index 9e08627a9e3e..acee0c7872b6 100644
> --- a/include/xen/xenhost.h
> +++ b/include/xen/xenhost.h
> @@ -129,6 +129,17 @@ typedef struct {
>   		const struct evtchn_ops *evtchn_ops;
>   		int **evtchn_to_irq;
>   	};
> +
> +	/* grant table private state */
> +	struct {
> +		/* private to drivers/xen/grant-table.c */
> +		void *gnttab_private;
> +
> +		/* x86/xen/grant-table.c */
> +		void *gnttab_shared_vm_area;
> +		void *gnttab_status_vm_area;
> +		void *auto_xlat_grant_frames;

Please use proper types here instead of void *. This avoids lots of
casts. It is okay to just add anonymous struct definitions and keep the
real struct layout local to grant table code.


Juergen