linux-kernel - [PATCH] virtio_config: clarify output parameters

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Message-ID: <20250829150944.233505-1-hi@alyssa.is>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:09:44 +0200
From: Alyssa Ross <hi@...ssa.is>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@...hat.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] virtio_config: clarify output parameters

This was ambiguous enough for a broken patch (206cc44588f7 ("virtio:
reject shm region if length is zero")) to make it into the kernel, so
make it clearer.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250816071600-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Alyssa Ross <hi@...ssa.is>
---
 include/linux/virtio_config.h | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_config.h b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
index 8bf156dde554..7427b79d6f3d 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_config.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
@@ -193,14 +193,15 @@ static inline bool virtio_has_feature(const struct virtio_device *vdev,
 }
 
 static inline void virtio_get_features(struct virtio_device *vdev,
-				       u64 *features)
+				       u64 *features_out)
 {
 	if (vdev->config->get_extended_features) {
-		vdev->config->get_extended_features(vdev, features);
+		vdev->config->get_extended_features(vdev, features_out);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	virtio_features_from_u64(features, vdev->config->get_features(vdev));
+	virtio_features_from_u64(features_out,
+		vdev->config->get_features(vdev));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -326,11 +327,11 @@ int virtqueue_set_affinity(struct virtqueue *vq, const struct cpumask *cpu_mask)
 
 static inline
 bool virtio_get_shm_region(struct virtio_device *vdev,
-			   struct virtio_shm_region *region, u8 id)
+			   struct virtio_shm_region *region_out, u8 id)
 {
 	if (!vdev->config->get_shm_region)
 		return false;
-	return vdev->config->get_shm_region(vdev, region, id);
+	return vdev->config->get_shm_region(vdev, region_out, id);
 }
 
 static inline bool virtio_is_little_endian(struct virtio_device *vdev)

base-commit: 07d9df80082b8d1f37e05658371b087cb6738770
-- 
2.50.1