netdev - Re: [Resend RFC PATCH V2 03/12] x86/Hyper-V: Add new hvcall guest address host visibility support

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Date:   Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:13:42 +0800
From:   Tianyu Lan <ltykernel@...il.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
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Subject: Re: [Resend RFC PATCH V2 03/12] x86/Hyper-V: Add new hvcall guest
 address host visibility support

Hi Christoph:
	Thanks for your review.

On 4/14/2021 11:40 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> +/*
>> + * hv_set_mem_host_visibility - Set host visibility for specified memory.
>> + */
> 
> I don't think this comment really clarifies anything over the function
> name.  What is 'host visibility'

OK. Will update the comment.

> 
>> +int hv_set_mem_host_visibility(void *kbuffer, u32 size, u32 visibility)
> 
> Should size be a size_t?
> Should visibility be an enum of some kind?
> 

Will update.

>> +int hv_mark_gpa_visibility(u16 count, const u64 pfn[], u32 visibility)
> 
> Not sure what this does either.

Will add a comment.

> 
>> +	local_irq_save(flags);
>> +	input_pcpu = (struct hv_input_modify_sparse_gpa_page_host_visibility **)
> 
> Is there a chance we could find a shorter but still descriptive
> name for this variable?  Why do we need the cast?

Sure. The cast is to avoid build error due to "incompatible-pointer-types"
> 
>> +#define VMBUS_PAGE_VISIBLE_READ_ONLY HV_MAP_GPA_READABLE
>> +#define VMBUS_PAGE_VISIBLE_READ_WRITE (HV_MAP_GPA_READABLE|HV_MAP_GPA_WRITABLE)
> 
> pointlessly overlong line.
>