On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:35:28 +0800 Peter Xu <pet...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 10:49:47PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > VFIO actually wants to create a capability with ID == 0. > > This is done to make guest drivers skip the given capability. > > pcie_add_capability then trips up on this capability > > when looking for end of capability list. > > > > To support this use-case, it's easy enough to switch to > > e.g. 0xffffffff for these comparisons - we can be sure > > it will never match a 16-bit capability ID. > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com> > > Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <pet...@redhat.com> > > Two nits: > > (1) maybe we can s/0xffffffff/0xffff/ in the whole patch since ecap_id > is 16 bits The former is used because it's beyond the address space of a valid capability. Using 0xffff just makes the situation different, not better. > > (2) maybe we can add one more sentence in the comment below showing > where the 0xffff thing comes from (it comes from PCIe spec 7.9.2) The capability in hardware is 16bits, thus a value that exceeds 16 bits can never match a valid ID. It has nothing to do with 7.9.2. Thanks, Alex > > --- > > hw/pci/pcie.c | 11 +++++++---- > > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/hw/pci/pcie.c b/hw/pci/pcie.c > > index cbd4bb4..f4dd177 100644 > > --- a/hw/pci/pcie.c > > +++ b/hw/pci/pcie.c > > @@ -610,7 +610,8 @@ bool pcie_cap_is_arifwd_enabled(const PCIDevice *dev) > > * uint16_t ext_cap_size > > */ > > > > -static uint16_t pcie_find_capability_list(PCIDevice *dev, uint16_t cap_id, > > +/* Passing a cap_id value > 0xffff will return 0 and put end of list in > > prev */ > > +static uint16_t pcie_find_capability_list(PCIDevice *dev, uint32_t cap_id, > > uint16_t *prev_p) > > { > > uint16_t prev = 0; > > @@ -679,9 +680,11 @@ void pcie_add_capability(PCIDevice *dev, > > } else { > > uint16_t prev; > > > > - /* 0 is reserved cap id. use internally to find the last capability > > - in the linked list */ > > - next = pcie_find_capability_list(dev, 0, &prev); > > + /* > > + * 0xffffffff is not a valid cap id (it's a 16 bit field). use > > + * internally to find the last capability in the linked list. > > + */ > > + next = pcie_find_capability_list(dev, 0xffffffff, &prev); > > > > assert(prev >= PCI_CONFIG_SPACE_SIZE); > > assert(next == 0); > > -- > > MST > > -- peterx