Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964774AbbD0NBp (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2015 09:01:45 -0400 Received: from e06smtp17.uk.ibm.com ([195.75.94.113]:48332 "EHLO e06smtp17.uk.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752977AbbD0NBm (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2015 09:01:42 -0400 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:01:30 +0200 From: Michael Mueller To: Cornelia Huck Cc: Christian Borntraeger , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Eduardo Habkost , Gleb Natapov , Alexander Graf , Daniel Hansel , "Jason J. Herne" , Paolo Bonzini , Richard Henderson , Andreas Faerber Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 11/17] target-s390x: Add KVM VM attribute interface for S390 CPU models Message-ID: <20150427150130.134689ab@bee> In-Reply-To: <20150427141913.7014b017.cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> References: <1428933396-37887-1-git-send-email-mimu@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1428933396-37887-12-git-send-email-mimu@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <553DF033.1060405@de.ibm.com> <20150427114353.0386c3eb@bee> <553E1506.5080206@de.ibm.com> <20150427130758.5be04a87@bee> <20150427141913.7014b017.cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Organization: IBM X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.23; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TM-AS-MML: disable X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 15042713-0029-0000-0000-0000045FEB91 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1594 Lines: 41 On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:19:13 +0200 Cornelia Huck wrote: > > > >> Would it make sense to do the cast here.... > > > > > > > > cpu_model_get/set() is used to handle both attributes, > > > > KVM_S390_VM_CPU_MACHINE and KVM_S390_VM_CPU_PROCESSOR. > > > > Both require a different type in the signature, (S390ProcessorProps*) > > > > and (S390MachineProps*). Adding both as parameters seems to be odd > > > > and would require additionally logic in the function. > > > > Thus I think doing the cast outside is just the right thing to do. > > > > > > So what about a void pointer then as parameter? > > > I prefer a pointer for qemu process memory over uint64_t as part of the > > > function interface. This makes it somewhat clearer that this is an > > > address within QEMU. Both ways will certainly work, though. > > > > The interface calls are: > > > > int kvm_s390_get_machine_props(KVMState *s, S390MachineProps *prop) > > int kvm_s390_get_processor_props(S390ProcessorProps *prop) > > > > cpu_model_get/set() are just static helpers. > > So this makes them internal calls... > > > > > > > > > Conny, I guess you will pick up the patches. Any preference? > > ...and I'd prefer using a void pointer for them. Ok, I will make void pointers then to emphasize their address characteristics. Michael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/