On Thu, Nov 05, 2020 at 11:10:29AM +0800, Shuo A Liu wrote:
> On Wed 4.Nov'20 at 20:02:35 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 02:17:52PM +0800, [email protected] wrote:
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/acrn.h
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
> > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
> > > +/*
> > > + * Userspace interface for /dev/acrn_hsm - ACRN Hypervisor Service Module
> > > + *
> > > + * This file can be used by applications that need to communicate with
> > > the HSM
> > > + * via the ioctl interface.
> > > + */
> > > +
> > > +#ifndef _UAPI_ACRN_H
> > > +#define _UAPI_ACRN_H
> > > +
> > > +#include <linux/types.h>
> > > +
> > > +/**
> > > + * struct acrn_vm_creation - Info to create a User VM
> > > + * @vmid: User VM ID returned from the hypervisor
> > > + * @reserved0: Reserved
> > > + * @vcpu_num: Number of vCPU in the VM. Return from
> > > hypervisor.
> > > + * @reserved1: Reserved
> > > + * @uuid: UUID of the VM. Pass to hypervisor directly.
> > > + * @vm_flag: Flag of the VM creating. Pass to hypervisor
> > > directly.
> > > + * @ioreq_buf: Service VM GPA of I/O request buffer. Pass to
> > > + * hypervisor directly.
> > > + * @cpu_affinity: CPU affinity of the VM. Pass to hypervisor
> > > directly.
> > > + * @reserved2: Reserved
> >
> > Reserved and must be 0?
>
> Not a must.
That's guaranteed to come back and bite you in the end. You all have
read the "how to write a good api" document, right?
> > What are they reserved for?
> >
> > Same for all of the reserved fields, why?
>
> Some reserved fields are to map layout in the hypervisor side, others
> are for future use.
ioctls should not have these, again, please read the documentation. If
you need something new in the future, just make a new ioctl.
> > > + */
> > > +struct acrn_vm_creation {
> > > + __u16 vmid;
> > > + __u16 reserved0;
> > > + __u16 vcpu_num;
> > > + __u16 reserved1;
> > > + __u8 uuid[16];
> >
> > We have a userspace-visable uid structure in include/uapi/uuid.h, why
> > not use that?
>
> we just pass the uuid data from user space to hypervisor. So, we can
> remove a header dependeny with using raw data format.
I do not understand this, please use the built-in kernel types we have.
thanks,
greg k-h
