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On 16.05.22 16:21, Pierre Morel wrote:
> 
> 
> On 5/12/22 12:01, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I think we prefer something like u16 when copying to user space.
>>>
>>> but then userspace also has to expect a u16, right?
>>
>> Yep.
>>
> 
> Yes but in fact, inspired by previous discussion I had on the VFIO 
> interface, that is the reason why I did prefer an int.
> It is much simpler than a u16 and the definition of a bit.
> 
> Despite a bit in a u16 is what the s3990 achitecture proposes I thought 
> we could make it easier on the KVM/QEMU interface.
> 
> But if the discussion stops here, I will do as you both propose change 
> to u16 in KVM and userland and add the documentation for the interface.

In general, we pass via the ABI fixed-sized values -- u8, u16, u32, u64
... instead of int. Simply because sizeof(int) is in theory variable
(e.g., 32bit vs 64bit).

Take a look at arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h and you won't find any
usage of int or bool.

Having that said, I'll let the maintainers decide. Using e.g., u8 is
just the natural thing to do on a Linux ABI, but we don't really support
32 bit ... maybe we'll support 128bit at one point? ;)

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb