Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 08/11] tmem/sysctl: Use 'struct tmem_oid' for every user.

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 28.08.15 at 20:53, <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Patch "tmem: Make the uint64_t oid[3] a proper structure:
> tmem_oid" converted the sysctl API to use an
> proper structure. But it did not do it for the tmem hypercall.
> 
> This expands that and converts the tmem hypercall. For this
> to work we define the struct in tmem.h and include it in
> sysctl.h.
> 
> This change also included work to make the compat layer
> happy. That was to declare the struct tmem_oid to be
> checked in xlat.lst - which will construct an typedef
> in the compat file with the same type, hence allowing
> copying of 'oid' member without type issues.
> 
> The layout (and size) of this structure in memory for the
> 'struct tmem_op' (so guest facing) is the same! Verified
> via pahole and with 32/64 bit guests.
> 
> --- /tmp/old    2015-08-27 16:34:00.535638730 -0400
> +++ /tmp/new    2015-08-27 16:34:10.447705328 -0400
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
>                         uint32_t   arg1;                 /*    28     4 */
>                 } creat;                                 /*          24 */
>                 struct {
> -                       uint64_t   oid[3];               /*     8    24 */
> +                       xen_tmem_oid_t oid;              /*     8    24 */
>                         uint32_t   index;                /*    32     4 */
>                         uint32_t   tmem_offset;          /*    36     4 */
>                         uint32_t   pfn_offset;           /*    40     4 */
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

With the suggestion to drop "sysctl" from the title (since this is
about everything other than sysctl)
Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>


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