Re: [XEN PATCH 4/7] x86/grant: switch included header to make declarations visible

[Nicola Vetrini <nicola.vetrini@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/10/2023 00:42, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Oct 2023, Nicola Vetrini wrote:
> > The declarations for {create,replace}_grant_p2m_mapping are
> > not visible when these functions are defined, therefore the right
> > header needs to be included to allow them to be visible.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nicola Vetrini <nicola.vetrini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  xen/arch/x86/hvm/grant_table.c             | 3 +--
> >  xen/arch/x86/include/asm/hvm/grant_table.h | 2 ++
> >  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/grant_table.c 
> > b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/grant_table.c
> > index 30d51d54a949..afe449d8882c 100644
> > --- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/grant_table.c
> > +++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/grant_table.c
> > @@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
> >
> >  #include <xen/types.h>
> >
> > -#include <public/grant_table.h>
> > -
> > +#include <asm/hvm/grant_table.h>
> >  #include <asm/p2m.h>
> This makes sense...
>
>
> >  int create_grant_p2m_mapping(uint64_t addr, mfn_t frame,
> > diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/hvm/grant_table.h 
> > b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/hvm/grant_table.h
> > index 33c1da1a25f3..576aeb50adf4 100644
> > --- a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/hvm/grant_table.h
> > +++ b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/hvm/grant_table.h
> > @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
> >  #ifndef __X86_HVM_GRANT_TABLE_H__
> >  #define __X86_HVM_GRANT_TABLE_H__
> >
> > +#include <asm/paging.h>
> ... but I don't understand this one. It doesn't look like
> asm/hvm/grant_table.h actually needs asm/paging.h ? Maybe it should be
> included in xen/arch/x86/hvm/grant_table.c instead ?
>
>
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_HVM
> >
> >  int create_grant_p2m_mapping(uint64_t addr, mfn_t frame,
> > --
> > 2.34.1
See this thread [1] for more context. There was no response, so I went 
for the route that
made more sense to me. I guess you could say that only <xen/mm-frame.h> 
is actually needed
to get a definition of mfn_t, but I put <asm/paging.h> as in the 
<asm/grant_table.h> header.
[1] 
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/a4b6710b66ed05292388ac6882b940ec@xxxxxxxxxxx/
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Nicola Vetrini, BSc
Software Engineer, BUGSENG srl (https://bugseng.com)