Thread (87 messages) 87 messages, 12 authors, 2022-01-17

Re: [RFC PATCH 10/13] x86/uintr: Introduce user IPI sender syscalls

From: Sohil Mehta <hidden>
Date: 2021-09-28 18:02:05
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On 9/23/2021 5:28 AM, Greg KH wrote:
On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 01:01:29PM -0700, Sohil Mehta wrote:
quoted
+/* User Interrupt Target Table Entry (UITTE) */
+struct uintr_uitt_entry {
+	u8	valid;			/* bit 0: valid, bit 1-7: reserved */
Do you check that the other bits are set to 0?
I don't have a check but kzalloc() in alloc_uitt() should set it to 0.
quoted
+	u8	user_vec;
+	u8	reserved[6];
What is this reserved for?
This is hardware defined structure as well. I should probably mention 
this it in the comment above.
quoted
+	u64	target_upid_addr;
If this is a pointer, why not say it is a pointer?
I used a u64 to get the size and alignment of this structure as required 
by the hardware. I wasn't sure if using a struct upid * would complicate 
that.

Also this field is never used as a pointer by the kernel. It is only 
used to program an entry that is read by the hardware.

Is this reasonable or would you still prefer a pointer?

quoted
+} __packed __aligned(16);
+
+struct uintr_uitt_ctx {
+	struct uintr_uitt_entry *uitt;
+	/* Protect UITT */
+	spinlock_t uitt_lock;
+	refcount_t refs;
Again, a kref please.
Will do.

Thanks,

Sohil
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