Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH] x86: pci: Support unaligned register access in PCI config read/write

Jim Mattson <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 16:48:07 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.kvm
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On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 2:39=E2=80=AFPM Irene Wang <[email protected]=
m> wrote:
> Since crossing DWORD boundaries is also not spec-compliant (PCI Local
> Bus Spec Section 6.1 requires registers to be naturally aligned), I'm
> thinking it makes sense to add an assertion here (e.g.,
> `assert((reg & 3) !=3D 3)`) to catch any invalid test cases added in the
> future. What do you think?

SGTM.