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Re: [XEN PATCH v12 4/7] x86/domctl: Add hypercall to set the access of x86 gsi


  • To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: "Chen, Jiqian" <Jiqian.Chen@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 07:44:00 +0000
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  • Thread-topic: [XEN PATCH v12 4/7] x86/domctl: Add hypercall to set the access of x86 gsi

On 2024/8/2 14:27, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 02.08.2024 05:10, Chen, Jiqian wrote:
>> On 2024/8/1 19:06, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jul 08, 2024 at 07:41:21PM +0800, Jiqian Chen wrote:
>>>> --- a/xen/include/public/domctl.h
>>>> +++ b/xen/include/public/domctl.h
>>>> @@ -464,6 +464,13 @@ struct xen_domctl_irq_permission {
>>>>      uint8_t pad[3];
>>>>  };
>>>>  
>>>> +/* XEN_DOMCTL_gsi_permission */
>>>> +struct xen_domctl_gsi_permission {
>>>> +    uint32_t gsi;
>>>> +#define XEN_DOMCTL_GSI_PERMISSION_MASK 1
>>>
>>> IMO this would be better named GRANT or similar, maybe something like:
>>>
>>> /* Low bit used to signal grant/revoke action. */
>>> #define XEN_DOMCTL_GSI_REVOKE 0
>>> #define XEN_DOMCTL_GSI_GRANT  1
>>>
>>>> +    uint8_t access_flag;    /* flag to specify enable/disable of x86 gsi 
>>>> access */
>>>> +    uint8_t pad[3];
>>>
>>> We might as well declare the flags field as uint32_t and avoid the
>>> padding field.
>> So, should this struct be like below? Then I just need to check whether 
>> everything except the lowest bit is 0.
>> struct xen_domctl_gsi_permission {
>>     uint32_t gsi;
>> /* Lowest bit used to signal grant/revoke action. */
>> #define XEN_DOMCTL_GSI_REVOKE 0
>> #define XEN_DOMCTL_GSI_GRANT  1
>> #define XEN_DOMCTL_GSI_PERMISSION_MASK 1
>>     uint32_t access_flag;    /* flag to specify enable/disable of x86 gsi 
>> access */
>> };
> 
> Yet then why "access_flags"? You can't foresee what meaning the other bits may
> gain. That meaning may (and likely will) not be access related at all.

OK, just "uint32_t flags".

> 
> Jan

-- 
Best regards,
Jiqian Chen.

 


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