Re: [RFC 7/11] virtio_pci: new, capability-aware driver.

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"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 01:49:13PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 09:15:03AM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
>> > On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:42:56 +0200, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > > On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 09:09:33PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
>> > > > +/* There is no iowrite64.  We use two 32-bit ops. */
>> > > > +static void iowrite64(u64 val, const __le64 *addr)
>> > > > +{
>> > > > +	iowrite32((u32)val, (__le32 *)addr);
>> > > > +	iowrite32(val >> 32, (__le32 *)addr + 1);
>> > > > +}
>> > > > +
>> > > 
>> > > Let's put addr_lo/addr_hi in the structure then,
>> > > to make the fact this field is not atomic explicit?
>> > 
>> > Good point, assuming I haven't missed something.
>> > 
>> > Are 64-bit accesses actually unknown in PCI-land?  Or is this a limited
>> > availability thing?
>> > 
>> > Thanks,
>> > Rusty.
>> 
>> I think PCI can optionally support atomic 64 bit accesses, but not all
>> architectures can generate them.
>
> Ping. Going to change this in the layout struct?

Not sure what you mean....  We use a queue_enable field, so it doesn't
matter if the accesses aren't atomic for that.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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