Re: [PATCH v3 0/1] virtio_bt: Fix alignment in configuration struct

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Tue Oct 25 2022 - 00:05:20 EST


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