Re: [PATCH v2 17/24] virtio_config: disallow native type fields

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 04:50:39PM +0200, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 16:59:57 -0400
> "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Transitional devices should all use __virtioXX types.
> 
> I think they should use __leXX for those fields that are not present
> with legacy devices?

Will correct.

> > Modern ones should use __leXX.
> > _uXX type would be a bug.
> > Let's prevent that.
> 
> That sounds right, though.
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/virtio_config.h | 5 ++---
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_config.h b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
> > index 64da491936f7..c68f58f3bf34 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/virtio_config.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
> > @@ -319,9 +319,8 @@ static inline __virtio64 cpu_to_virtio64(struct virtio_device *vdev, u64 val)
> >  	__virtio_pick_type(x, __u8, __u8,					\
> >  		__virtio_pick_endian(x, __virtio16, __virtio32, __virtio64,	\
> >  			__virtio_pick_endian(x, __le16, __le32, __le64,		\
> > -				__virtio_pick_endian(x, __u16, __u32, __u64,	\
> > -					/* No other type allowed */		\
> > -					(void)0)))))
> > +				/* No other type allowed */			\
> > +				(void)0))))
> >  
> >  #endif
> >