Re: [PATCH RESEND] virtio: Fix typecast of pointer in vring_init()

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Mon Jul 06 2015 - 05:50:30 EST


On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 11:24:42AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Jul 2015 14:59:54 +0200
> "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Jul 05, 2015 at 12:58:53PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 02, 2015 at 09:21:22AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> > > > The virtio_ring.h header is used in userspace programs (ie. QEMU),
> > > > too. Here we can not assume that sizeof(pointer) is the same as
> > > > sizeof(long), e.g. when compiling for Windows, so the typecast in
> > > > vring_init() should be done with (uintptr_t) instead of (unsigned long).
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > This seems to break some userspace too:
> > >
> > > INSTALL usr/include/linux/ (413 files)
> > > CHECK usr/include/linux/ (413 files)
> > > HOSTCC Documentation/accounting/getdelays
> > > HOSTCC Documentation/connector/ucon
> > > HOSTCC Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.o
> > > In file included from Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c:36:0:
> > > ./usr/include/linux/virtio_ring.h: In function âvring_initâ:
> > > ./usr/include/linux/virtio_ring.h:146:24: error: âuintptr_tâ undeclared
> > > (first use in this function)
> > > vr->used = (void *)(((uintptr_t)&vr->avail->ring[num] +
> > > sizeof(__virtio16)
> > > ^
> > > ./usr/include/linux/virtio_ring.h:146:24: note: each undeclared
> > > identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
> > > scripts/Makefile.host:108: recipe for target
>
> D'oh, I only built the kernel for powerpc, that's why I did not notice
> this breakage in the MIC code. Sorry!
>
> > > E.g. fuse.h has this code:
> > > #ifdef __KERNEL__
> > > #include <linux/types.h>
> > > #else
> > > #include <stdint.h>
> > > #endif
> > >
> > > Maybe we need something similar.
> >
> > The following seems to help. Does it help the windows build?
> ...
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_ring.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_ring.h
> > index 8682551..c072959 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_ring.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_ring.h
> > @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
> > * SUCH DAMAGE.
> > *
> > * Copyright Rusty Russell IBM Corporation 2007. */
> > +#ifndef __KERNEL__
> > +#include <stdint.h>
> > +#endif
> > #include <linux/types.h>
> > #include <linux/virtio_types.h>
>
> Since the update-linux-headers.sh script from QEMU replaces the
> "#include <linux/types.h>" in virtio_ring.h to include a file that again
> includes stdint.h already, your above patch should not do any
> difference for compiling QEMU for Windows, I think. It's really just
> about replacing the typecast there.
>
> But you're right of course for other user space applications which
> include this header by other means. So I'm fine if you change my patch
> with your hunk above (or add it as an additional patch). Or shall I
> rather resend my patch with your above hunk included?
>
> Thomas

You don't have to, but could you confirm that stdint has uintptr_t on
mingw?

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