linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] xen: Update dm

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Date:   Tue, 25 Jul 2023 09:04:07 +0200
From:   Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>
To:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:     Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@...aro.org>,
        stratos-dev@...lists.linaro.org,
        Erik Schilling <erik.schilling@...aro.org>,
        Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@...aro.org>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] xen: Update dm_op.h from Xen public header

On 25.07.2023 08:47, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> +struct xen_dm_op {
> +    uint32_t op;
> +    uint32_t pad;
> +    union {
> +        struct xen_dm_op_create_ioreq_server create_ioreq_server;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_get_ioreq_server_info get_ioreq_server_info;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_ioreq_server_range map_io_range_to_ioreq_server;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_ioreq_server_range unmap_io_range_from_ioreq_server;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_set_ioreq_server_state set_ioreq_server_state;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_destroy_ioreq_server destroy_ioreq_server;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_track_dirty_vram track_dirty_vram;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_set_pci_intx_level set_pci_intx_level;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_set_isa_irq_level set_isa_irq_level;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_set_irq_level set_irq_level;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_set_pci_link_route set_pci_link_route;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_modified_memory modified_memory;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_set_mem_type set_mem_type;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_inject_event inject_event;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_inject_msi inject_msi;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_map_mem_type_to_ioreq_server map_mem_type_to_ioreq_server;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_remote_shutdown remote_shutdown;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_relocate_memory relocate_memory;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_pin_memory_cacheattr pin_memory_cacheattr;
> +        struct xen_dm_op_nr_vcpus nr_vcpus;
> +    } u;
> +};

Is sync-ing for the sake of sync-ing really useful? For example, are any
of the ioreq server elements halfway likely to ever be used in the kernel?

Jan