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Re: [PATCH v5 04/10] vpci: Refactor REGISTER_VPCI_INIT


  • To: "Chen, Jiqian" <Jiqian.Chen@xxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 09:05:48 +0200
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  • Delivery-date: Fri, 06 Jun 2025 07:06:00 +0000
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On 06.06.2025 08:29, Chen, Jiqian wrote:
> On 2025/6/5 20:50, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
>> On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 05:45:53PM +0800, Jiqian Chen wrote: 
>>> +  }; \
>>> +  static vpci_capability_t *const finit##_entry  \
>>> +               __used_section(".data.vpci") = &finit##_t
>>
>> IMO this should better use .rodata instead of .data. 
> Is below change correct?
> 
> +    static const vpci_capability_t *const finit##_entry  \
> +        __used_section(".rodata") = &finit##_t

No, specifically because ...

>> Not that it matters much in practice, as we place it in .rodata anyway.  Note
>> however you will have to move the placement of the VPCI_ARRAY in the
>> linker script ahead of *(.rodata.*), otherwise that section match will
>> consume the vPCI data.
> I am sorry, how to move it ahead of *(.rodata.*) ?
> Is below change correct?
> 
> diff --git a/xen/include/xen/xen.lds.h b/xen/include/xen/xen.lds.h
> index 793d0e11450c..3817642135aa 100644
> --- a/xen/include/xen/xen.lds.h
> +++ b/xen/include/xen/xen.lds.h
> @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
>  #define VPCI_ARRAY               \
>         . = ALIGN(POINTER_ALIGN); \
>         __start_vpci_array = .;   \
> -       *(SORT(.data.vpci.*))     \
> +       *(.rodata)             \

... this isn't - you'd move _all_ of .rodata into here, which definitely
isn't what you want. What I understand Roger meant was a .rodata-like
section, e.g. .rodata.vpci.* (much like it was .data.vpci.* before).

Jan



 


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