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From: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
To: Nico Boehr <nrb@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>,
	thuth@redhat.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 1/6] lib: s390x: introduce bitfield for PSW mask
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 18:19:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230607181928.75d20898@p-imbrenda> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <168615337335.127716.6745745533225595281@t14-nrb>

On Wed, 07 Jun 2023 17:56:13 +0200
Nico Boehr <nrb@linux.ibm.com> wrote:

> Quoting Janosch Frank (2023-06-01 09:42:48)
> [...]
> > I've come to like static asserts for huge structs and bitfields since 
> > they can safe you from a *lot* of headaches.  
> 
> I generally agree and I add a _Static_assert but I want to mention the
> usefulness is a bit limited in this case, since we have a bitfield inside a
> union. So it only really helps if you manage to exceed the size of mask.

better than nothing :)

if the struct becomes too big, the assert will catch it

> 
> There really is no way around the stuff I put in the selftests.
> 
> I could of course try to make that code _Static_asserts but it will not be
> pretty.

I think just a couple of asserts to make sure things aren't __too__
crazy would be good enough

  reply	other threads:[~2023-06-07 16:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-01  7:01 [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 0/6] s390x: Add support for running guests without MSO/MSL Nico Boehr
2023-06-01  7:01 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 1/6] lib: s390x: introduce bitfield for PSW mask Nico Boehr
2023-06-01  7:42   ` Janosch Frank
2023-06-05 10:35     ` Claudio Imbrenda
2023-06-05 14:23       ` Janosch Frank
2023-06-07 15:56     ` Nico Boehr
2023-06-07 16:19       ` Claudio Imbrenda [this message]
2023-06-01  7:01 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 2/6] s390x: add function to set DAT mode for all interrupts Nico Boehr
2023-06-05  8:42   ` Janosch Frank
2023-06-15 12:44     ` Nico Boehr
2023-06-01  7:01 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 3/6] s390x: sie: switch to home space mode before entering SIE Nico Boehr
2023-06-05  9:03   ` Janosch Frank
2023-06-15 13:09     ` Nico Boehr
2023-06-01  7:02 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 4/6] s390x: lib: don't forward PSW when handling exception in SIE Nico Boehr
2023-06-05  9:11   ` Janosch Frank
2023-06-05 10:42   ` Claudio Imbrenda
2023-06-01  7:02 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 5/6] s390x: lib: sie: don't reenter SIE on pgm int Nico Boehr
2023-06-05  9:30   ` Janosch Frank
2023-06-05 10:44     ` Claudio Imbrenda
2023-06-30 14:59     ` Nico Boehr
2023-06-30 15:04       ` Janosch Frank
2023-06-30 15:53       ` Claudio Imbrenda
2023-06-01  7:02 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 6/6] s390x: add a test for SIE without MSO/MSL Nico Boehr
2023-06-05  9:57   ` Janosch Frank
2023-07-10 14:29     ` Nico Boehr
2023-07-10 15:05       ` Janosch Frank

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