Re: [PATCH-for-8.0 4/4] hw/ppc/spapr_ovec: Avoid target_ulong spapr_ovec_parse_vector()

[David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>]

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On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 10:26:51AM -0300, Daniel Henrique Barboza wrote:
> 
> 
> On 12/21/22 06:46, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> > On 12/16/22 17:47, Daniel Henrique Barboza wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 12/13/22 09:35, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> > > > spapr_ovec.c is a device, but it uses target_ulong which is
> > > > target specific. The hwaddr type (declared in "exec/hwaddr.h")
> > > > better fits hardware addresses.
> > > 
> > > As said by Harsh, spapr_ovec is in fact a data structure that stores platform
> > > options that are supported by the guest.
> > > 
> > > That doesn't mean that I oppose the change made here. Aside from semantics - which
> > > I also don't have a strong opinion about it - I don't believe it matters that
> > > much - spapr is 64 bit only, so hwaddr will always be == target_ulong.
> > > 
> > > Cedric/David/Greg, let me know if you have any restriction/thoughts about this.
> > > I'm inclined to accept it as is.
> > 
> > Well, I am not sure.
> > 
> > The vector table variable is the result of a ppc64_phys_to_real() conversion
> > of the CAS hcall parameter, which is a target_ulong, but ppc64_phys_to_real()
> > returns a uint64_t.
> > 
> > The code is not consistent in another places :
> > 
> >    hw/ppc/spapr_tpm_proxy.c uses a uint64_t
> >    hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c, a target_ulong
> >    hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c, a hwaddr
> >    hw/ppc/spapr_drc.c, a hwaddr indirectly
> > 
> > Should we change ppc64_phys_to_real() to return an hwaddr (also) ?
> 
> It makes sense to me a function called ppc64_phys_to_real() returning
> a hwaddr type.

Yes, I also think that makes sense.

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