On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 03:20:53PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> 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 <[email protected]>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>  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.
> 

Thank you both for the review!

Then if you agree, I'll leave this patch as it is by introducing the enum.

Stefano

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