On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 02:36:16PM +1000, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
> On 08/04/2021 19:04, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_4K      0x01
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_64K     0x02
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_16M     0x04
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_32M     0x08
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_64M     0x10
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_128M    0x20
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_256M    0x40
> >>>>+#define QUERY_DDW_PGSIZE_16G     0x80
> >>>
> >>>I'm not sure the #defines really gain us much vs just putting the
> >>>literal values in the array below?
> >>
> >>Then someone says "uuuuu magic values" :) I do not mind either way. 
> >>Thanks,
> >
> >Yeah that's true. But #defining them doesn't make them less magic, if
> >you only use them in one place :)
> 
> Defining them with "QUERY_DDW" in the names kinda tells where they are 
> from. Can also grep QEMU using these to see how the other side handles 
> it. Dunno.

And *not* defining anything reduces the mental load a lot.  You can add
a comment at the single spot you use them, explaining what this is, in a
much better way!

Comments are *good*.


Segher

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