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Re: [PATCH v2 10/11] vpci: Add initial support for virtual PCI bus topology


  • To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <Oleksandr_Andrushchenko@xxxxxxxx>
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  • Thread-topic: [PATCH v2 10/11] vpci: Add initial support for virtual PCI bus topology


On 29.09.21 16:23, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 29.09.2021 15:16, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
>> On 29.09.21 15:54, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> On 29.09.2021 13:56, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
>>>> On 29.09.21 12:09, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>> On 29.09.2021 11:03, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
>>>>>> Sorry for top posting, but this is a general question on this 
>>>>>> patch/functionality.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you see we need to gate all this with CONFIG_HAS_VPCI_GUEST_SUPPORT
>>>>>> as this renders in somewhat dead code for x86 for now? I do think this 
>>>>>> still
>>>>>> needs to be in the common code though.
>>>>> I agree it wants to live in common code, but I'd still like the code to
>>>>> not bloat x86 binaries. Hence yes, I think there want to be
>>>>> "if ( !IS_ENABLED() )" early bailout paths or, whenever this isn't
>>>>> possible without breaking the build, respective #ifdef-s.
>>>> Then it needs to be defined as (xen/drivers/Kconfig):
>>>>
>>>> config HAS_VPCI_GUEST_SUPPORT
>>>>        # vPCI guest support is only enabled for Arm now
>>>>        def_bool y if ARM
>>>>        depends on HAS_VPCI
>>>>
>>>> Because it needs to be defined as "y" for Arm with vPCI support.
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise it breaks the PCI passthrough feature, e.g. it compiles,
>>>>
>>>> but the resulting binary behaves wrong.
>>>>
>>>> Do you see this as an acceptable solution?
>>> Like all (or at least the majority) of other HAS_*, it ought to be
>>> "select"-ed (by arm/Kconfig). Is there a reason this isn't possible?
>>> (I don't mind the "depends on", as long as it's clear that it exists
>>> solely to allow kconfig to warn about bogus "select"s.)
>> There is yet no Kconfig exists (even for Arm) that enables HAS_VPCI,
>>
>> thus I can't do that at the moment even if I want to. Yes, this can be 
>> deferred
>>
>> to the later stage when we enable VPCI for Arm, bit this config option is 
>> still
>>
>> considered as "common code" as the functionality being added
>>
>> to the common code is just gated with CONFIG_HAS_VPCI_GUEST_SUPPORT.
>>
>> With this defined now and not later the code seems to be complete and more 
>> clean
>>
>> as it is seen what is this configuration option and how it is enabled and 
>> used in the
>>
>> code.
>>
>> So, I see no problem if it is defined in this Kconfig and evaluates to "n" 
>> for x86
>>
>> and eventually will be "y" for Arm when it enables HAS_VPCI.
> I'm afraid I don't view this as a reply reflecting that you have
> understood what I'm asking for. The primary request is for there to
> not be "def_bool y" but just "bool" accompanied by a "select" in
> Arm's Kconfig. If HAS_VPCI doesn't exist as an option yet, simply
> omit the (questionable) "depends on".
I understood that, but was trying to make sure we don't miss
this option while enabling vPCI on Arm, but ok, I'll have the following:
config HAS_VPCI
     bool

config HAS_VPCI_GUEST_SUPPORT
     bool
     depends on HAS_VPCI
and select it for Arm xen/arch/arm/Kconfig
>
> Jan

> PS: The more replies I get from you, the more annoying I find the
> insertion of blank lines between every two lines of text. Blank
> lines are usually used to separate paragraphs. If it is your mail
> program which inserts these, can you please try to do something
> about this? Thanks.
>
I first thought that this is how Thunderbird started showing
my replies and was also curious about the distance between the lines
which seemed to be as double-line, but I couldn't delete or edit
those. I thought this is only visible to me...
It came out that this was because of some Thunderbird settings which
made my replies with those double-liners. Hope it is fixed now.

I am really sorry about that and do understand how annoying it was.

Best regards,
Oleksandr

 


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