linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 02/16] s390/vfio-ap: use new AP bus interface to search for queue devices

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Message-ID: <34c10327-8640-24e8-b882-96962cae5050@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 8 Sep 2020 14:54:42 -0400
From:   Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     freude@...ux.ibm.com, cohuck@...hat.com, mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com,
        pasic@...ux.ibm.com, alex.williamson@...hat.com,
        kwankhede@...dia.com, fiuczy@...ux.ibm.com, frankja@...ux.ibm.com,
        david@...hat.com, imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com, hca@...ux.ibm.com,
        gor@...ux.ibm.com, kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 02/16] s390/vfio-ap: use new AP bus interface to
 search for queue devices



On 9/4/20 4:11 AM, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
>
> On 21.08.20 21:56, Tony Krowiak wrote:
>> This patch refactor's the vfio_ap device driver to use the AP bus's
>> ap_get_qdev() function to retrieve the vfio_ap_queue struct containing
>> information about a queue that is bound to the vfio_ap device driver.
>> The bus's ap_get_qdev() function retrieves the queue device from a
>> hashtable keyed by APQN. This is much more efficient than looping over
>> the list of devices attached to the AP bus by several orders of
>> magnitude.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.ibm.com>
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> I think this can go. No need to mark that an earlier version of this patch had an issue.

I was just following the instructions in the robot comments. I'll get 
rid of it.

>
>
> [...]
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
>> index f46dde56b464..a2aa05bec718 100644
>> --- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
>> +++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
>> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
>>   #include <linux/delay.h>
>>   #include <linux/mutex.h>
>>   #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
>> +#include <linux/hashtable.h>
> I dont think that this header file needs it. Any user of it will now include this.
> Can you move this include into the respective C file when the hash stuff is
> used?

I can.

>
>
> Other than that this looks good.