On 7/16/20 2:51 PM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 7/16/20 2:47 PM, Pavel Begunkov wrote:
>> On 16/07/2020 23:42, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>> On 7/16/20 2:16 PM, Pavel Begunkov wrote:
>>>> On 16/07/2020 15:48, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
>>>>> The enumeration allows us to keep track of the last
>>>>> io_uring_register(2) opcode available.
>>>>>
>>>>> Behaviour and opcodes names don't change.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h | 27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
>>>>> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
>>>>> index 7843742b8b74..efc50bd0af34 100644
>>>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
>>>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
>>>>> @@ -253,17 +253,22 @@ struct io_uring_params {
>>>>> /*
>>>>> * io_uring_register(2) opcodes and arguments
>>>>> */
>>>>> -#define IORING_REGISTER_BUFFERS 0
>>>>> -#define IORING_UNREGISTER_BUFFERS 1
>>>>> -#define IORING_REGISTER_FILES 2
>>>>> -#define IORING_UNREGISTER_FILES 3
>>>>> -#define IORING_REGISTER_EVENTFD 4
>>>>> -#define IORING_UNREGISTER_EVENTFD 5
>>>>> -#define IORING_REGISTER_FILES_UPDATE 6
>>>>> -#define IORING_REGISTER_EVENTFD_ASYNC 7
>>>>> -#define IORING_REGISTER_PROBE 8
>>>>> -#define IORING_REGISTER_PERSONALITY 9
>>>>> -#define IORING_UNREGISTER_PERSONALITY 10
>>>>> +enum {
>>>>> + IORING_REGISTER_BUFFERS,
>>>>> + IORING_UNREGISTER_BUFFERS,
>>>>> + IORING_REGISTER_FILES,
>>>>> + IORING_UNREGISTER_FILES,
>>>>> + IORING_REGISTER_EVENTFD,
>>>>> + IORING_UNREGISTER_EVENTFD,
>>>>> + IORING_REGISTER_FILES_UPDATE,
>>>>> + IORING_REGISTER_EVENTFD_ASYNC,
>>>>> + IORING_REGISTER_PROBE,
>>>>> + IORING_REGISTER_PERSONALITY,
>>>>> + IORING_UNREGISTER_PERSONALITY,
>>>>> +
>>>>> + /* this goes last */
>>>>> + IORING_REGISTER_LAST
>>>>> +};
>>>>
>>>> It breaks userspace API. E.g.
>>>>
>>>> #ifdef IORING_REGISTER_BUFFERS
>>>
>>> It can, yes, but we have done that in the past. In this one, for
>>
>> Ok, if nobody on the userspace side cares, then better to do that
>> sooner than later.
I actually don't think it's a huge issue. Normally if applications
do this, it's because they are using it and need it. Ala:
#ifndef IORING_REGISTER_SOMETHING
#define IORING_REGISTER_SOMETHING fooval
#endif
and that'll still work just fine, even if an identical enum is there.
--
Jens Axboe
