[PATCH] drm/i915/gvt: always return zero if read pvinfo failed

[Li, Weinan Z]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zhenyu Wang [mailto:zhenyuw at linux.intel.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2019 4:15 PM
> To: Li, Weinan Z <weinan.z.li at intel.com>
> Cc: intel-gvt-dev at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/i915/gvt: always return zero if read pvinfo failed
> 
> On 2019.06.13 11:05:17 +0800, Weinan Li wrote:
> > There is pvinfo reading come from vgpu might be failed, like reading
> > from one unknown address, now GVT-g returns the vreg which is one
> > uncertain value. To avoid misunderstanding, GVT-g will always return
> > zero if reading failed occurred.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Weinan Li <weinan.z.li at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/handlers.c | 7 +++++--
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/handlers.c
> > b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/handlers.c
> > index a6ade66349bd..eab657d65276 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/handlers.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/handlers.c
> > @@ -1199,9 +1199,12 @@ static int pvinfo_mmio_read(struct intel_vgpu
> *vgpu, unsigned int offset,
> >  		invalid_read = true;
> >  		break;
> >  	}
> > -	if (invalid_read)
> > -		gvt_vgpu_err("invalid pvinfo read: [%x:%x] = %x\n",
> > +	if (invalid_read) {
> > +		gvt_vgpu_err("invalid pvinfo read: [0x%x:0x%x] = 0x0 instead of
> > +0x%x\n",
> >  				offset, bytes, *(u32 *)p_data);
> > +		memset(p_data, 0, bytes);
> > +	}
> > +
> 
> Shouldn't we make sure to set zero for undefined pvinfo memory?
> Instead of keep setting return value like this?
> 
There might be usage like this, write first then read back and check the return value.

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