Re: [PATCH v6 03/16] target-i386: Add cpu object access routines for Hypervisor level.

Andreas Färber
2012-10-10T15:40:08Z

Am 10.10.2012 17:22, schrieb Don Slutz:
> On 10/09/12 15:13, Don Slutz wrote:
>> On 10/09/12 12:25, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:32:05AM -0400, Don Slutz wrote:
>>>> +static void x86_cpuid_set_hv_level(Object *obj, Visitor *v, void
>>>> *opaque,
>>>> + const char *name, Error **errp)
>>>> +{
>>>> + X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(obj);
>>>> + uint32_t value;
>>>> +
>>>> + visit_type_uint32(v, &value, name, errp);
>>>> + if (error_is_set(errp)) {
>>>> + return;
>>>> + }
>>>> +
>>>> + if (value != 0 && value < 0x40000000) {
>>>> + value += 0x40000000;
>>>> + }
>>> Whats the purpose of this? Adds ambiguity.
[...]
> This is direct copy with adjustment from x86_cpuid_set_xlevel():
>
> if (value < 0x80000000) {
> value += 0x80000000;
> }
>
> (Pending patch:
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/172703 adds this)

(Any pending patch can be changed ;))

> The adjustment is that 0 is a legal value. See
> http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1205.0/00100.html
>
> This does mean that just like xlevel=1 and xlevel=0x80000001 are the
> same; hypervisor-level=1 and hypervisor-level=0x4000001 are the same.
> If this is not wanted, I have no issue with removing it.

I have no strong opinion either way, but if there's only one call site,
I'd prefer to apply these fixups to user input before setting the
property and to have the property setter error out on invalid values. I
consider that cleaner than silently fixing up values inside the setter.

Regards,
Andreas

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