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SubjectRe: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/apic: implement io apic read with hypercall
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On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 10:58 +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 20/04/12 10:25, Lin Ming wrote:
> > Implements xen_io_apic_read with hypercall, so it returns proper IO-APIC
> > information instead of fabricated one.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <mlin@ss.pku.edu.cn>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/xen/apic.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
> > 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/apic.c b/arch/x86/xen/apic.c
> > index aee16ab..f1f392d 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/xen/apic.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/xen/apic.c
> > @@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
> > #include <linux/init.h>
> > #include <asm/x86_init.h>
> > +#include <asm/apic.h>
> > +#include <xen/interface/physdev.h>
> > +#include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
> >
> > unsigned int xen_io_apic_read(unsigned apic, unsigned reg)
> > {
> > - if (reg == 0x1)
> > - return 0x00170020;
> > - else if (reg == 0x0)
> > - return apic << 24;
> > + struct physdev_apic apic_op;
> > + int ret;
> >
> > - return 0xff;
> > + apic_op.apic_physbase = mpc_ioapic_addr(apic);
> > + apic_op.reg = reg;
> > + ret = HYPERVISOR_physdev_op(PHYSDEVOP_apic_read, &apic_op);
> > + if (ret)
> > + return ret;
> > + return apic_op.value;
>
> Hypercall ret errors are negative, yet this function is unsigned. Given
> that the previous function had no possible way to fail, perhaps on error
> you should fake up the values as before.

How about return -1 on error?
The calling function can check -1 for error.

unsigned int ret = apic_read(...);
if (ret == -1)
//handle error.

Thanks,
Lin Ming




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