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From: "Wu, Hao A" <hao.a.wu@intel.com>
To: "Kinney, Michael D" <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Cc: "Ni, Ruiyu" <ruiyu.ni@intel.com>,
	"edk2-devel@lists.01.org" <edk2-devel@lists.01.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SourceLevelDebugPkg/DebugAgentCommon: Use global variable for revision
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 11:12:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <B80AF82E9BFB8E4FBD8C89DA810C6A0931CEA735@SHSMSX104.ccr.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E92EE9817A31E24EB0585FDF735412F5A7DA1094@ORSMSX113.amr.corp.intel.com>

Thanks a lot for the feedbacks.

I will switch to using PCD for configuring revision and send out V2 of the patch.


Best Regards,
Hao Wu


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kinney, Michael D
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 12:00 AM
> To: Ard Biesheuvel; Wu, Hao A; Kinney, Michael D
> Cc: Ni, Ruiyu; edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> Subject: RE: [edk2] [PATCH] SourceLevelDebugPkg/DebugAgentCommon: Use
> global variable for revision
> 
> Ard,
> 
> I agree.  Adding const would be an improvement too.
> 
> But I would prefer to not add a global variable at all.
> 
> When could this check ever evaluate to false?  Compression has
> been supported for a long time now.
> 
> It appears that a developer would have to modify
> SourceLevelDebugPkg\Include\TransferProtocol.h to select an
> older protocol revision.
> 
> If we really want build configuration of the protocol revision
> then we should use a PCD feature flag or a FixedAtBuild PCD to
> allow the developer to configure it from the DSC file.
> 
> Mike
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org] On
> > Behalf Of Ard Biesheuvel
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 8:01 AM
> > To: Wu, Hao A <hao.a.wu@intel.com>
> > Cc: Ni, Ruiyu <ruiyu.ni@intel.com>; edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> > Subject: Re: [edk2] [PATCH]
> > SourceLevelDebugPkg/DebugAgentCommon: Use global variable for
> > revision
> >
> > On 29 August 2017 at 14:09, Hao Wu <hao.a.wu@intel.com> wrote:
> > > Since some static code checkers complain that comparing two
> > macros will
> > > generate a constant result, this commit uses a global
> > variable to
> > > reflect the revision information of the debug agent, rather
> > than using a
> > > macro directly.
> > >
> > > Cc: Ruiyu Ni <ruiyu.ni@intel.com>
> > > Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
> > > Signed-off-by: Hao Wu <hao.a.wu@intel.com>
> > > ---
> > >  .../Library/DebugAgent/DebugAgentCommon/DebugAgent.c
> > | 7 ++++---
> > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git
> > a/SourceLevelDebugPkg/Library/DebugAgent/DebugAgentCommon/Debug
> > Agent.c
> > b/SourceLevelDebugPkg/Library/DebugAgent/DebugAgentCommon/Debug
> > Agent.c
> > > index f156fe24db..93af009f96 100644
> > > ---
> > a/SourceLevelDebugPkg/Library/DebugAgent/DebugAgentCommon/Debug
> > Agent.c
> > > +++
> > b/SourceLevelDebugPkg/Library/DebugAgent/DebugAgentCommon/Debug
> > Agent.c
> > > @@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ GLOBAL_REMOVE_IF_UNREFERENCED
> > EFI_VECTOR_HANDOFF_INFO mVectorHandoffInfoDebugAge
> > >    }
> > >  };
> > >
> > > -GLOBAL_REMOVE_IF_UNREFERENCED UINTN mVectorHandoffInfoCount
> > = sizeof (mVectorHandoffInfoDebugAgent) / sizeof
> > (EFI_VECTOR_HANDOFF_INFO);
> > > +GLOBAL_REMOVE_IF_UNREFERENCED UINTN  mVectorHandoffInfoCount
> > = sizeof (mVectorHandoffInfoDebugAgent) / sizeof
> > (EFI_VECTOR_HANDOFF_INFO);
> > > +GLOBAL_REMOVE_IF_UNREFERENCED UINT32 mDebugAgentRevision
> > = DEBUG_AGENT_REVISION;
> > >
> > >  /**
> > >    Calculate CRC16 for target data.
> > > @@ -1564,7 +1565,7 @@ ReadMemoryAndSendResponsePacket (
> > >      // Compression/decompression support was added since
> > revision 0.4.
> > >      // Revision 0.3 shouldn't compress the packet.
> > >      //
> > > -    if (DEBUG_AGENT_REVISION >= DEBUG_AGENT_REVISION_04) {
> > > +    if (mDebugAgentRevision >= DEBUG_AGENT_REVISION_04) {
> > >        //
> > >        // Get the compressed data size without modifying the
> > packet.
> > >        //
> > > @@ -2192,7 +2193,7 @@ CommandCommunication (
> > >        break;
> > >
> > >      case DEBUG_COMMAND_GET_REVISION:
> > > -      DebugAgentRevision.Revision = DEBUG_AGENT_REVISION;
> > > +      DebugAgentRevision.Revision = mDebugAgentRevision;
> > >        DebugAgentRevision.Capabilities =
> > DEBUG_AGENT_CAPABILITIES;
> > >        Status = SendDataResponsePacket ((UINT8 *)
> > &DebugAgentRevision, (UINT16) sizeof
> > (DEBUG_DATA_RESPONSE_GET_REVISION), DebugHeader);
> > >        break;
> > > --
> > > 2.12.0.windows.1
> > >
> >
> > Can we *please* fix the tools instead? mDebugAgentRevision has
> > external linkage, and so the compiler is forced to perform this
> > check
> > at runtime instead of at build time. Or at least use a STATIC
> > variable
> > so the compiler can see that mDebugAgentRevision is never
> > modified
> > from its default value.
> > _______________________________________________
> > edk2-devel mailing list
> > edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> > https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel


  reply	other threads:[~2017-08-30 11:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-08-29 13:09 [PATCH] SourceLevelDebugPkg/DebugAgentCommon: Use global variable for revision Hao Wu
2017-08-29 13:22 ` Ni, Ruiyu
2017-08-29 15:01 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-29 16:00   ` Kinney, Michael D
2017-08-30 11:12     ` Wu, Hao A [this message]
2017-08-30 12:48       ` Ni, Ruiyu

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