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List:       linux-virtualization
Subject:    Re: [PATCH v3 0/1] virtio_bt: Fix alignment in configuration struct
From:       "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst () redhat ! com>
Date:       2022-10-25 3:58:48
Message-ID: 20221025000433-mutt-send-email-mst () kernel ! org
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On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 03:40:32PM +0200, Igor Skalkin wrote:
> According to specification [1], "For the device-specific configuration
> space, the driver MUST use 8 bit wide accesses for 8 bit wide fields,
> 16 bit wide and aligned accesses for 16 bit wide fields and 32 bit wide
> and aligned accesses for 32 and 64 bit wide fields.".
> 
> Current version of the configuration structure has non-aligned 16bit
> fields.
> 
> This patch adds a second, aligned  version of the configuration structure
> and a new feature bit indicating that this version is being used.


subject should be v4 but besides that, ok.
Will a spec patch be forthcoming?

> [1] https://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.1/virtio-v1.1.pdf
> 
> Changes in v4:
>   v3 was corrupted by our smtp server.
> Changes in v3:
>   v2 had been sent from the wrong address, fixed.
> Changes in v2:
>   The first version of this patch just changed the configuration
>   structure in uapi/linux/virtio_bt.h
>   This can not be done, because it will break the userspace, so the
>   second version offers a less radical approach - it introduces a new
>   feature bit and a new configuration structure that both the device
>   and the driver will use if this bit is negotiated.
> 
> Igor Skalkin (1):
>   virtio_bt: Fix alignment in configuration struct
> 
>  drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c  | 16 +++++++++++++---
>  include/uapi/linux/virtio_bt.h |  8 ++++++++
>  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.37.2

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