linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] vfio/nvgpu: Add vfio pci variant module for grace hopper

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Message-ID: <ZJWZA8ogUlGegx2C@nvidia.com>
Date:   Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:07:15 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Cédric Le Goater <clegoate@...hat.com>
Cc:     ankita@...dia.com, alex.williamson@...hat.com, aniketa@...dia.com,
        cjia@...dia.com, kwankhede@...dia.com, targupta@...dia.com,
        vsethi@...dia.com, acurrid@...dia.com, apopple@...dia.com,
        jhubbard@...dia.com, danw@...dia.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] vfio/nvgpu: Add vfio pci variant module for grace
 hopper

On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 03:04:17PM +0200, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> On 6/23/23 13:47, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 08:27:17AM +0200, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> > > > +	req_len = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
> > > > +	pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff &
> > > > +		((1U << (VFIO_PCI_OFFSET_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT)) - 1);
> > > > +	if (pgoff >= (nvdev->mem_prop.mem_length >> PAGE_SHIFT))
> > > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > 
> > > you cound introduce accessor macros for nvdev->mem_prop.mem_length and
> > > nvdev->mem_prop.hpa
> > 
> > Accessors are not the usual style..
> 
> I meant something like
> 
>   #define nvgpu_mem_size(nvdev) (nvdev)->mem_prop.mem_length
>   #define nvgpu_mem_pa_base(nvdev) (nvdev)->mem_prop.hpa
> 
> This is minor.

Yeah, this is what I thought you ment, I'm against this kind of
obfuscation in the kernel without a very strong purpose, and if you do
something like this it should be a static inline function.

Jason