From: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>
Cc: edgar.iglesias@xilinx.com, Tim Deegan <tim@xen.org>,
Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>,
Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>,
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>,
George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com>,
Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
Stefano Stabellini <stefanos@xilinx.com>,
Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
xen-devel@lists.xen.org, Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>,
saeed.nowshadi@xilinx.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] xen: introduce mfn_init macro
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:56:44 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1812121413130.12259@sstabellini-ThinkPad-X260> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5C078BE5020000780020303D@prv1-mh.provo.novell.com>
On Wed, 5 Dec 2018, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> On 04.12.18 at 20:38, <sstabellini@kernel.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 4 Dec 2018, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >> >>> On 03.12.18 at 22:03, <sstabellini@kernel.org> wrote:
> >> > To be used in constant initializations of mfn_t variables, such as:
> >> >
> >> > static mfn_t node = mfn_init(MM_ADDR);
> >> >
> >> > It is necessary because static inline functions cannot be used as static
> >> > initializers.
> >>
> >> We had been at this point once (quite some time ago), and got
> >> away without such an addition. Did you try to find that old
> >> discussion? Are there any new reasons to have such a construct?
> >> Do you need this for other than setting a value to INVALID_MFN,
> >> in which case INVALID_MFN_INITIALIZER ought to be suitable?
> >>
> >> This is not to say I'm entirely opposed.
> >>
> >> If we were to have such a construct, I wonder though whether
> >> mfn_init() is suitable as a name. Simply MFN() perhaps, and then
> >> also consistently have GFN() and DFN()?
> >
> > Hi Jan,
> >
> > I am happy with any name, and MFN() together with GFN() and DFN() look
> > like a good option.
> >
> > The reason why it is needed is that without it I cannot introduce a
> > statically initialized array of mfn_t type like the one in the following
> > patch in the series:
> >
> > +static const struct pm_access pm_node_access[] = {
> > + /* MM_RPU grants access to all RPU Nodes. */
> > + [NODE_RPU] = { mfn_init(MM_RPU) },
> > + [NODE_RPU_0] = { mfn_init(MM_RPU) },
> > + [NODE_RPU_1] = { mfn_init(MM_RPU) },
> > + [NODE_IPI_RPU_0] = { mfn_init(MM_RPU) },
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Where MM_RPU is a mfn, and the NODE_* are IDs defined as enum:
> >
> > #define MM_RPU 0xff9a0
> >
> > enum pm_node_id {
> > NODE_RPU = 6,
> > NODE_RPU_0,
> > NODE_RPU_1,
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >
> > Originally I had:
> >
> > [NODE_RPU] = { MM_RPU },
> >
> > but I changed the type to be mfn_t to address one of Julien's comments.
> > You might get a better idea of the issue if you give a look at this
> > branch:
> >
> > http://xenbits.xenproject.org/git-http/people/sstabellini/xen-unstable.git zynqmp-v5
>
> Well, I have to admit that I'd rather not see ways to embed hard-coded
> MFNs into code made available generically. May I suggest that you use
> a macro with a name to your liking just locally to that one source file?
OK, no problem
> As a side note, I'm also puzzled by there being entries in the table which
> don't have their MFNs specified. Oddly enough it looks as if
> .hwdom_access was true if and only if no MFN is specified.
Yes, the hwdom_access check could be turned into a check for
MFN(INVALID_MFN). I'll do that it will actually make the array size
smaller.
> The term "node" of course is confusing too, considering its NUMA
> meaning elsewhere in the hypervisor.
That comes from the EEMI firmware specification: they use the term
"node" to address a power domain "unit".
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Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-03 21:02 [PATCH v5 0/7] zynqmp: Add forwarding of platform specific firmware calls Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-03 21:03 ` [PATCH v5 1/7] xen/arm: introduce platform_smc Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-03 21:07 ` Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-11 14:54 ` Julien Grall
2018-12-03 21:03 ` [PATCH v5 2/7] xen/arm: zynqmp: Forward plaform specific firmware calls Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-11 15:03 ` Julien Grall
2018-12-11 18:50 ` Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-11 19:09 ` Julien Grall
2018-12-11 20:19 ` Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-11 20:27 ` Julien Grall
2018-12-03 21:03 ` [PATCH v5 3/7] xen/arm: zynqmp: introduce zynqmp specific defines Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-11 15:21 ` Julien Grall
2018-12-11 19:22 ` Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-12 10:29 ` Julien Grall
2018-12-12 23:55 ` Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-13 15:50 ` Julien Grall
2018-12-03 21:03 ` [PATCH v5 4/7] xen: introduce mfn_init macro Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-04 10:25 ` Jan Beulich
2018-12-04 19:38 ` Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-05 8:27 ` Jan Beulich
2018-12-12 23:56 ` Stefano Stabellini [this message]
2018-12-03 21:03 ` [PATCH v5 5/7] xen/arm: zynqmp: eemi access control Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-11 15:37 ` Julien Grall
2018-12-12 23:57 ` Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-13 15:58 ` Julien Grall
2018-12-03 21:03 ` [PATCH v5 6/7] xen/arm: zynqmp: implement zynqmp_eemi Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-11 15:55 ` Julien Grall
2018-12-11 22:23 ` Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-12 10:48 ` Julien Grall
2018-12-12 23:56 ` Stefano Stabellini
2018-12-13 15:59 ` Julien Grall
2018-12-03 21:03 ` [PATCH v5 7/7] xen/arm: zynqmp: Remove blacklist of ZynqMP's PM node Stefano Stabellini
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