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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 07/17] xen/arm: ITS: Add virtual ITS commands support



On Sat, 2015-07-11 at 20:19 +0530, Vijay Kilari wrote:
> >> +int vgic_its_process_cmd(struct vcpu *v, struct vgic_its *vits)
> >> +{
> >> +    its_cmd_block virt_cmd;
> >> +
> >> +    ASSERT(spin_is_locked(&vits->lock));
> >> +
> >> +    do {
> >> +        if ( vgic_its_read_virt_cmd(v, vits, &virt_cmd) )
> >> +            goto err;
> >> +        if ( vgic_its_parse_its_command(v, vits, &virt_cmd) )
> >> +            goto err;
> >> +        vgic_its_update_read_ptr(v, vits);
> >> +    } while ( vits->cmd_write != vits->cmd_write_save );
> >
> > I can't find anywhere other than here where vits->cmd_write is touched.
> > What am I missing?
> 
>    It is written by guest by GITS_CWRITER emulation in patch #9

Ah, then please reverse the order so that the variable comes first and
the target comes second.

Also I think you need to find a better name that "cmd_write_save".
Something which indicates the progress made perhaps? But why isn't this
just cmd_read? Why the separate progress pointer?

Ian.


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