Re: [PATCH 1/3] vfio-ccw: add capabilities chain

[Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>]

On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 14:04:49 -0500
Farhan Ali <alifm@linux.ibm.com> wrote:

> On 11/22/2018 11:54 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h
> > index 078e46f9623d..a6f9f84526e2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h
> > +++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h
> > @@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
> >    * Private stuff for vfio_ccw driver
> >    *
> >    * Copyright IBM Corp. 2017
> > + * Copyright Red Hat, Inc. 2018
> >    *
> >    * Author(s): Dong Jia Shi<bjsdjshi@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> >    *            Xiao Feng Ren<renxiaof@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > + *            Cornelia Huck<cohuck@redhat.com>
> >    */
> >   
> >   #ifndef_VFIO_CCW_PRIVATE_H_
> > @@ -19,6 +21,38 @@
> >   #include "css.h"
> >   #include "vfio_ccw_cp.h"
> >   
> > +#define VFIO_CCW_OFFSET_SHIFT   40
> > +#define VFIO_CCW_OFFSET_TO_INDEX(off)	(off >> VFIO_CCW_OFFSET_SHIFT)
> > +#define VFIO_CCW_INDEX_TO_OFFSET(index)	((u64)(index) << VFIO_CCW_OFFSET_SHIFT)
> > +#define VFIO_CCW_OFFSET_MASK	(((u64)(1) << VFIO_CCW_OFFSET_SHIFT) - 1)
> > +  
> 
> Why is the offset shift 40? I know vfio-pci is also using the same 
> offset shift, but I am curious about the reasoning behind why we are 
> using this? :)
> 

My entire reasoning was "hey, vfio-pci is using this, so it should not
be bad" 8)