On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 07:57:10AM -0700, Ira Weiny wrote: > > > I'll update this to be more clear in a V1 if it goes that far. But to clarify > > > here; the protocol information is a u16 vendor id and u8 protocol number. So > > > we are able to store that in the unsigned long value that would normally be a > > > pointer to something in the XArray. > > > > Er. Signed long. > > Sorry I misspoke, xa_mk_value() takes an unsigned long. It does, *but* ... static inline void *xa_mk_value(unsigned long v) { WARN_ON((long)v < 0); return (void *)((v << 1) | 1); } ... you can't pass an integer that has the top bit set to it. > Can't I use xa_mk_value() to store data directly in the entry "pointer"? Yes, that's the purpose of xa_mk_value(). From what you said, it sounded like you were just storing the integer directly, which won't work. > +static void *pci_doe_xa_prot_entry(u16 vid, u8 prot) > +{ > + return xa_mk_value(((unsigned long)vid << 16) | prot); > +} > > Both Dan and I thought this was acceptable in XArray? You haven't tested that on 32-bit, have you? Shift vid by 8 instead of 16, and it'll be fine. (Oh, and you don't need to cast vid; the standard C integer promotions will promote vid to int before shifting, and you won't lose any bits)