RE: [PATCH] scsi: resolve COMMAND_SIZE at compile time

[David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>]

From: Stephen Kitt
> Sent: 09 March 2018 22:34
>=20
> COMMAND_SIZE currently uses an array of values in block/scsi_ioctl.c.
> A number of device_handler functions use this to initialise arrays,
> and this is flagged by -Wvla.
>=20
> This patch replaces COMMAND_SIZE with a variant using a formula which
> can be resolved at compile time in cases where the opcode is fixed,
> resolving the array size and avoiding the VLA. The downside is that
> the code is less maintainable and that some call sites end up having
> more complex generated code.
>=20
> Since scsi_command_size_tbl is dropped, we can remove the dependency
> on BLK_SCSI_REQUEST from drivers/target/Kconfig.
>=20
> This was prompted by https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>
> ---
>  block/scsi_ioctl.c         |  8 --------
>  drivers/target/Kconfig     |  1 -
>  include/scsi/scsi_common.h | 13 +++++++++++--
>  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>=20
> diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
> index 60b471f8621b..b9e176e537be 100644
> --- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
> +++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
> @@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ struct blk_cmd_filter {
>=20
>  static struct blk_cmd_filter blk_default_cmd_filter;
>=20
> -/* Command group 3 is reserved and should never be used.  */
> -const unsigned char scsi_command_size_tbl[8] =3D
> -{
> -	6, 10, 10, 12,
> -	16, 12, 10, 10
> -};
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_command_size_tbl);
> -
>  #include <scsi/sg.h>
>=20
>  static int sg_get_version(int __user *p)
> diff --git a/drivers/target/Kconfig b/drivers/target/Kconfig
> index 4c44d7bed01a..b5f05b60cf06 100644
> --- a/drivers/target/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/target/Kconfig
> @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ menuconfig TARGET_CORE
>  	depends on SCSI && BLOCK
>  	select CONFIGFS_FS
>  	select CRC_T10DIF
> -	select BLK_SCSI_REQUEST # only for scsi_command_size_tbl..
>  	select SGL_ALLOC
>  	default n
>  	help
> diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_common.h b/include/scsi/scsi_common.h
> index 731ac09ed231..48d950666376 100644
> --- a/include/scsi/scsi_common.h
> +++ b/include/scsi/scsi_common.h
> @@ -15,8 +15,17 @@ scsi_varlen_cdb_length(const void *hdr)
>  	return ((struct scsi_varlen_cdb_hdr *)hdr)->additional_cdb_length + 8;
>  }
>=20
> -extern const unsigned char scsi_command_size_tbl[8];
> -#define COMMAND_SIZE(opcode) scsi_command_size_tbl[((opcode) >> 5) & 7]
> +/*
> + * SCSI command sizes are as follows, in bytes, for fixed size commands,=
 per
> + * group: 6, 10, 10, 12, 16, 12, 10, 10. The top three bits of an opcode
> + * determine its group.
> + * The size table is encoded into a 32-bit value by subtracting each val=
ue
> + * from 16, resulting in a value of 1715488362
> + * (6 << 28 + 6 << 24 + 4 << 20 + 0 << 16 + 4 << 12 + 6 << 8 + 6 << 4 + =
10).
> + * Command group 3 is reserved and should never be used.
> + */
> +#define COMMAND_SIZE(opcode) \
> +	(16 - (15 & (1715488362 >> (4 * (((opcode) >> 5) & 7)))))

Why not:
	(6 + (15 & (0x446a6440u ....

Specifying the constant in hex makes it more obvious.
It is a shame about the 16, but an offset is easier than the negate.

	David