From: Michael Kelley <mikelley@microsoft.com>
To: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: Linux on Hyper-V List <linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org>,
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v5 13/16] asm-generic/hyperv: introduce hv_device_id and auxiliary structures
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 16:46:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <MWHPR21MB1593E9C0DAF03C9B651D15FBD7B39@MWHPR21MB1593.namprd21.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210203140906.g35zr7366hh7p5f3@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2>
From: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 6:09 AM
>
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 02:49:53PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 2:26 PM Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 05:02:48PM +0000, Wei Liu wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 01:26:52AM +0000, Michael Kelley wrote:
> > > > > From: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 4:01 AM
> > > > > > +union hv_device_id {
> > > > > > + u64 as_uint64;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > + struct {
> > > > > > + u64 :62;
> > > > > > + u64 device_type:2;
> > > > > > + };
> > > > >
> > > > > Are the above 4 lines extraneous junk?
> > > > > If not, a comment would be helpful. And we
> > > > > would normally label the 62 bit field as
> > > > > "reserved0" or something similar.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > No. It is not junk. I got this from a header in tree.
> > > >
> > > > I am inclined to just drop this hunk. If that breaks things, I will use
> > > > "reserved0".
> > > >
> > >
> > > It turns out adding reserved0 is required. Dropping this hunk does not
> > > work.
> >
> > Generally speaking, bitfields are not great for specifying binary interfaces,
> > as the actual bit order can differ by architecture. The normal way we get
> > around it in the kernel is to use basic integer types and define macros
> > for bit masks. Ideally, each such field should also be marked with a
> > particular endianess as __le64 or __be64, in case this is ever used with
> > an Arm guest running a big-endian kernel.
>
> Thanks for the information.
>
> I think we will need to wait until Microsoft Hypervisor clearly defines
> the endianess in its header(s) before we can make changes to the copy in
> Linux.
>
> >
> > That said, if you do not care about the specific order of the bits, having
> > anonymous bitfields for the reserved members is fine, I don't see a
> > reason to name it as reserved.
>
> Michael, let me know what you think. I'm not too fussed either way.
>
> Wei.
I'm OK either way. In the Hyper-V code we've typically given such
fields a name rather than leave them anonymous, which is why it stuck
out.
Michael
>
> >
> > Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-04 16:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-20 12:00 [PATCH v5 00/16] Introducing Linux root partition support for Microsoft Hypervisor Wei Liu
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 01/16] asm-generic/hyperv: change HV_CPU_POWER_MANAGEMENT to HV_CPU_MANAGEMENT Wei Liu
2021-01-20 15:57 ` Pavel Tatashin
2021-01-26 0:25 ` Michael Kelley
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 02/16] x86/hyperv: detect if Linux is the root partition Wei Liu
2021-01-20 16:03 ` Pavel Tatashin
2021-01-26 15:06 ` Wei Liu
2021-01-26 0:31 ` Michael Kelley
2021-01-26 15:15 ` Wei Liu
2021-01-26 15:24 ` Wei Liu
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 03/16] Drivers: hv: vmbus: skip VMBus initialization if Linux is root Wei Liu
2021-01-20 16:06 ` Pavel Tatashin
2021-01-26 0:32 ` Michael Kelley
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 04/16] iommu/hyperv: don't setup IRQ remapping when running as root Wei Liu
2021-01-20 16:08 ` Pavel Tatashin
2021-01-26 0:33 ` Michael Kelley
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 05/16] clocksource/hyperv: use MSR-based access if " Wei Liu
2021-01-20 16:13 ` Pavel Tatashin
2021-01-26 15:19 ` Wei Liu
2021-01-26 0:34 ` Michael Kelley
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 06/16] x86/hyperv: allocate output arg pages if required Wei Liu
2021-01-20 15:12 ` kernel test robot
2021-01-20 19:44 ` Pavel Tatashin
2021-01-26 0:41 ` Michael Kelley
2021-01-26 18:09 ` Wei Liu
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 07/16] x86/hyperv: extract partition ID from Microsoft Hypervisor if necessary Wei Liu
2021-01-26 0:48 ` Michael Kelley
2021-02-02 15:03 ` Wei Liu
2021-02-04 16:33 ` Michael Kelley
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 08/16] x86/hyperv: handling hypercall page setup for root Wei Liu
2021-01-26 0:49 ` Michael Kelley
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 09/16] x86/hyperv: provide a bunch of helper functions Wei Liu
2021-01-26 1:20 ` Michael Kelley
2021-02-02 16:19 ` Wei Liu
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 10/16] x86/hyperv: implement and use hv_smp_prepare_cpus Wei Liu
2021-01-26 1:21 ` Michael Kelley
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 11/16] asm-generic/hyperv: update hv_msi_entry Wei Liu
2021-01-26 1:22 ` Michael Kelley
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 12/16] asm-generic/hyperv: update hv_interrupt_entry Wei Liu
2021-01-26 1:23 ` Michael Kelley
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 13/16] asm-generic/hyperv: introduce hv_device_id and auxiliary structures Wei Liu
2021-01-26 1:26 ` Michael Kelley
2021-02-02 17:02 ` Wei Liu
2021-02-03 13:26 ` Wei Liu
2021-02-03 13:49 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-02-03 14:09 ` Wei Liu
2021-02-04 16:46 ` Michael Kelley [this message]
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 14/16] asm-generic/hyperv: import data structures for mapping device interrupts Wei Liu
2021-01-26 1:27 ` Michael Kelley
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 15/16] x86/hyperv: implement an MSI domain for root partition Wei Liu
2021-01-27 5:47 ` Michael Kelley
2021-02-02 17:31 ` Wei Liu
2021-02-02 18:15 ` Michael Kelley
2021-02-02 18:16 ` Wei Liu
2021-01-20 12:00 ` [PATCH v5 16/16] iommu/hyperv: setup an IO-APIC IRQ remapping " Wei Liu
2021-01-27 5:47 ` Michael Kelley
2021-02-03 12:47 ` Wei Liu
2021-02-04 16:41 ` Michael Kelley
2021-02-04 16:48 ` Wei Liu
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