On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 08:32:56PM +0100, Peter Hilber wrote:

...

+/**
+ * VIORTC_MSG() - extract message from message handle
+ * @hdl: message handle
+ *
+ * Return: struct viortc_msg
+ */
+#define VIORTC_MSG(hdl) ((hdl).msg)
+
+/**
+ * VIORTC_MSG_INIT() - initialize message handle
+ * @hdl: message handle
+ * @viortc: device data (struct viortc_dev *)
+ *
+ * Context: Process context.
+ * Return: 0 on success, -ENOMEM otherwise.
+ */
+#define VIORTC_MSG_INIT(hdl, viortc)                                         \
+	({                                                                   \
+		typeof(hdl) *_hdl = &(hdl);                                  \
+									     \
+		_hdl->msg = viortc_msg_init((viortc), _hdl->msg_type,        \
+					    _hdl->req_size, _hdl->resp_cap); \
+		if (_hdl->msg) {                                             \
+			_hdl->req = _hdl->msg->req;                          \
+			_hdl->resp = _hdl->msg->resp;                        \
+		}                                                            \
+		_hdl->msg ? 0 : -ENOMEM;                                     \
+	})
+
+/**
+ * VIORTC_MSG_WRITE() - write a request message field
+ * @hdl: message handle
+ * @dest_member: request message field name
+ * @src_ptr: pointer to data of compatible type
+ *
+ * Writes the field in little-endian format.
+ */
+#define VIORTC_MSG_WRITE(hdl, dest_member, src_ptr)                         \
+	do {                                                                \
+		typeof(hdl) _hdl = (hdl);                                   \
+		typeof(src_ptr) _src_ptr = (src_ptr);                       \
+									    \
+		/* Sanity check: must match the member's type */            \
+		typecheck(typeof(_hdl.req->dest_member), *_src_ptr);        \

Hi Peter,

FWIIW, this trips up sparse because from it's perspective
there is an endianness mismatch between the two types.

+									    \
+		_hdl.req->dest_member =                                     \
+			virtio_cpu_to_le(*_src_ptr, _hdl.req->dest_member); \
+	} while (0)
+
+/**
+ * VIORTC_MSG_READ() - read from a response message field
+ * @hdl: message handle
+ * @src_member: response message field name
+ * @dest_ptr: pointer to data of compatible type
+ *
+ * Converts from little-endian format and writes to dest_ptr.
+ */
+#define VIORTC_MSG_READ(hdl, src_member, dest_ptr)                     \
+	do {                                                           \
+		typeof(dest_ptr) _dest_ptr = (dest_ptr);               \
+								       \
+		/* Sanity check: must match the member's type */       \
+		typecheck(typeof((hdl).resp->src_member), *_dest_ptr); \

Ditto.

+								       \
+		*_dest_ptr = virtio_le_to_cpu((hdl).resp->src_member); \
+	} while (0)
+
+/*
+ * read requests
+ */

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