Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 2/3] 9pfs: convert 'len/copied_len' field in V9fsXattr to the type of uint64_t

[Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>]

On Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:09:42 -0700
Li Qiang <liq3ea@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Li Qiang <liqiang6-s@360.cn>
> 
> The 'len' in V9fsXattr comes from the 'size' argument in setxattr()
> function in guest. The setxattr() function's declaration is this:
> 
> int setxattr(const char *path, const char *name,
>              const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
> 
> and 'size' is treated as u64 in linux kernel client code:
> 
> int p9_client_xattrcreate(struct p9_fid *fid, const char *name,
>                           u64 attr_size, int flags)
> 
> So the 'len' should have an type of 'uint64_t'.
> The 'copied_len' in V9fsXattr is used to account for copied bytes, it
> should also have an type of 'uint64_t'.
> 
> Suggested-by: Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
> Signed-off-by: Li Qiang <liqiang6-s@360.cn>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>

>  hw/9pfs/9p.h | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p.h b/hw/9pfs/9p.h
> index aa18da1..7fb075f 100644
> --- a/hw/9pfs/9p.h
> +++ b/hw/9pfs/9p.h
> @@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ typedef struct V9fsConf
>  
>  typedef struct V9fsXattr
>  {
> -    int64_t copied_len;
> -    int64_t len;
> +    uint64_t copied_len;
> +    uint64_t len;
>      void *value;
>      V9fsString name;
>      int flags;