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Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] xen/vpci: header: status register handler


  • To: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:23:42 +0100
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  • Delivery-date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:23:53 +0000
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On 17.11.2023 13:40, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 10:35:46AM -0400, Stewart Hildebrand wrote:
>> --- a/xen/drivers/vpci/vpci.c
>> +++ b/xen/drivers/vpci/vpci.c
>> @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ struct vpci_register {
>>      unsigned int offset;
>>      void *private;
>>      struct list_head node;
>> +    uint32_t rsvdz_mask;
>> +    uint32_t ro_mask;
>> +    uint32_t rw1c_mask;
> 
> I understand that we need the rw1c_mask in order to properly merge
> values when doing partial writes, but the other fields I'm not sure we
> do need them.  RO bits don't care about what's written to them, and
> RsvdZ are always read as 0 and written as 0, so the mask shouldn't
> affect the merging.

What some version of the spec says is r/o or reserved may be different
in another. Also iirc devices may (wrongly?) implement r/o bits as r/w.
When presenting a virtual view of devices to guests, in this regard I
think we want (or even need) to enforce our view of the world.

Jan



 


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