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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Linux FS-devel Mailing List <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-aio <linux-aio@kvack.org>,
	linux-block <linux-block@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@scylladb.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/16] io_uring: add file registration
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 08:15:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d19dbfae-f424-8987-14a4-66f801f7fa71@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a2oHO-q6Nes3uakjFVcwYOAPHvLMyQW_qQg1_47PfH8Ng@mail.gmail.com>

On 1/16/19 3:45 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 3:56 AM Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
> 
>> @@ -132,4 +139,12 @@ struct io_uring_register_buffers {
>>         __u32 nr_iovecs;
>>  };
>>
>> +struct io_uring_register_files {
>> +       union {
>> +               __s32 *fds;
>> +               __u64 pad;
>> +       };
>> +       __u32 nr_fds;
>> +};
> 
> I think you should either remove the pad field here, or pass the pointer
> using a __u64 argument itself. With the current definition, the ioctl
> command code is the same between 32-bit and 64-bit architectures
> (since the length is the same on anything other than x86), but the
> structures are incompatible.

Ah ok, I think I'm starting to follow. Thanks Arnd, that's useful.
I'll make the changes throughout the structs.

> I would also suggest adding an explicit 32-bit pad field at the end
> of the structure, to avoid the implicit padding on non-i386 machines.

That's a good point, I'll make that change, that was an oversight.

-- 
Jens Axboe


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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Linux FS-devel Mailing List <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-aio <linux-aio@kvack.org>,
	linux-block <linux-block@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@scylladb.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/16] io_uring: add file registration
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 08:15:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d19dbfae-f424-8987-14a4-66f801f7fa71@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a2oHO-q6Nes3uakjFVcwYOAPHvLMyQW_qQg1_47PfH8Ng@mail.gmail.com>

On 1/16/19 3:45 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 3:56 AM Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
> 
>> @@ -132,4 +139,12 @@ struct io_uring_register_buffers {
>>         __u32 nr_iovecs;
>>  };
>>
>> +struct io_uring_register_files {
>> +       union {
>> +               __s32 *fds;
>> +               __u64 pad;
>> +       };
>> +       __u32 nr_fds;
>> +};
> 
> I think you should either remove the pad field here, or pass the pointer
> using a __u64 argument itself. With the current definition, the ioctl
> command code is the same between 32-bit and 64-bit architectures
> (since the length is the same on anything other than x86), but the
> structures are incompatible.

Ah ok, I think I'm starting to follow. Thanks Arnd, that's useful.
I'll make the changes throughout the structs.

> I would also suggest adding an explicit 32-bit pad field at the end
> of the structure, to avoid the implicit padding on non-i386 machines.

That's a good point, I'll make that change, that was an oversight.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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  reply	other threads:[~2019-01-16 15:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-01-15  2:55 (unknown), Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 01/16] fs: add an iopoll method to struct file_operations Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 02/16] block: wire up block device iopoll method Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 03/16] block: add bio_set_polled() helper Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 04/16] iomap: wire up the iopoll method Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 05/16] Add io_uring IO interface Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15 16:51   ` Jonathan Corbet
2019-01-15 16:51     ` Jonathan Corbet
2019-01-15 16:55     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15 16:55       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15 17:26       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15 17:26         ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-16 10:41   ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-16 10:41     ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-16 11:00     ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-16 11:00       ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-16 15:12     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-16 15:12       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-16 15:16       ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-16 15:16         ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-16 15:25         ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-16 15:25           ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 06/16] io_uring: add fsync support Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 07/16] io_uring: support for IO polling Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 08/16] io_uring: add submission side request cache Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 09/16] fs: add fget_many() and fput_many() Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 10/16] io_uring: use fget/fput_many() for file references Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 11/16] io_uring: batch io_kiocb allocation Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 12/16] block: implement bio helper to add iter bvec pages to bio Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 13/16] io_uring: add support for pre-mapped user IO buffers Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-16 10:53   ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-16 15:14     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-16 15:14       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-16 15:32       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-16 15:32         ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-16 15:41         ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-16 15:47           ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-16 15:47             ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 14/16] io_uring: add submission polling Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 15/16] io_uring: add file registration Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-16 10:45   ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-16 10:45     ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-16 15:15     ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2019-01-16 15:15       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55 ` [PATCH 16/16] io_uring: add io_uring_event cache hit information Jens Axboe
2019-01-15  2:55   ` Jens Axboe
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2019-01-12 21:29 [PATCHSET v3] io_uring IO interface Jens Axboe
2019-01-12 21:30 ` [PATCH 15/16] io_uring: add file registration Jens Axboe
2019-01-12 21:30   ` Jens Axboe

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