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Re: [PATCH v2 for-4.20? 5/6] radix-tree: introduce RADIX_TREE{,_INIT}()


  • To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 09:36:12 +0100
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  • Delivery-date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 08:36:21 +0000
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On 03.02.2025 17:58, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 03.02.2025 17:48, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> On 03/02/2025 4:26 pm, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> ... now that static initialization is possible. Use RADIX_TREE() for
>>> pci_segments and ivrs_maps.
>>>
>>> Requested-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> I'd not considered having RADIX_TREE() but it's nicer than my attempt.
>>
>> However,
>>
>>> --- a/xen/include/xen/radix-tree.h
>>> +++ b/xen/include/xen/radix-tree.h
>>> @@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ struct radix_tree_root {
>>>   *** radix-tree API starts here **
>>>   */
>>>  
>>> +#define RADIX_TREE_INIT() {}
>>
>> ... this ought to be (struct radix_tree_root){} so it can't be used with
>> other types, and radix_tree_init() wants to become:
>>
>> void radix_tree_init(struct radix_tree_root *root)
>> {
>>         *root = RADIX_TREE_INIT();
>> }
>>
>> instead of the raw memset(), so the connection is retained.
> 
> Can do; in fact I did consider both, but omitted them for simplicity.

Sadly I've now learned the hard way that the former can't be done. Gcc
4.3 complains "initializer element is not constant", which - aiui - is
correct when considering plain C99 (and apparently the GNU99 extension
to this was introduced only later).

What I can do is make this compiler version dependent, adding type-
safety on at least all more modern compilers. Thoughts?

Jan



 


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