linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2] vDPA: rename get_vq_num_max to get_vq_size

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Date:   Mon, 24 Oct 2022 02:16:10 +0000
From:   Angus Chen <angus.chen@...uarmicro.com>
To:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
CC:     "mst@...hat.com" <mst@...hat.com>,
        "virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "lingshan.zhu@...el.com" <lingshan.zhu@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] vDPA: rename get_vq_num_max to get_vq_size_max

Hi Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2022 10:01 AM
> To: Angus Chen <angus.chen@...uarmicro.com>
> Cc: mst@...hat.com; virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org;
> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; lingshan.zhu@...el.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] vDPA: rename get_vq_num_max to get_vq_size_max
> 
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 9:56 AM Angus Chen <angus.chen@...uarmicro.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > The get_vq_num_max of vdpa_config_ops is mean get the max size of vq,not
> > the max number of vq,it is kind of confused,rename it.
> > And get_vq_num_min rename to get_vq_size_min,
> > set_vq_num rename to set_vq_size,
> > rename implement of this ops also.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Angus Chen <angus.chen@...uarmicro.com>
> > ---
> 
> Not a native sparker. But num_max came from virtqueue structure:
> 
> /*
>  ...
>  * @num_max: the maximum number of elements supported by the device.
>  ...
>  */
> 
> struct virtqueue {
>         ...
>         unsigned int num_max;
I noticed this also，and I always confused by the definition. Take virtio_pci_common_cfg for example:

/* Fields in VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_COMMON_CFG: */
struct virtio_pci_common_cfg {
	...
    __le16 num_queues;      /* read-only */

It just a suggestion.
Thank you.
>         ...
> };
> 
> Thanks