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From: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
To: "Chen, Tiejun" <tiejun.chen@intel.com>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>,
	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>,
	Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
	xen-devel@lists.xen.org
Subject: Re: [v7][PATCH 13/16] libxl: construct e820 map with RDM information for HVM guest
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 10:18:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1436519889.23508.185.camel@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <559F5AB0.5040506@intel.com>

On Fri, 2015-07-10 at 13:40 +0800, Chen, Tiejun wrote:
> >>   tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c      |  5 +++
> >>   tools/libxl/libxl_internal.h | 24 +++++++++++++
> >>   tools/libxl/libxl_x86.c      | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > ...
> >> diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c
> >> index 62ef120..41da479 100644
> >> --- a/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c
> >> +++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c
> >> @@ -1004,6 +1004,11 @@ int libxl__build_hvm(libxl__gc *gc, uint32_t domid,
> >>           goto out;
> >>       }
> >>
> >> +    if (libxl__domain_construct_e820(gc, d_config, domid, &args)) {
> >> +        LOG(ERROR, "setting domain memory map failed");
> >> +        goto out;
> >> +    }
> >
> > This is platform-independent code, isn't it ?  In which case this will
> > break the build on ARM, I think.
> >
> > Would an ARM maintainer please confirm.
> >
> 
> I think you're right. I should make this specific to arch since here 
> we're talking e820.
> 
> So I tried to refactor this patch,

This approach looks like it should work, and I think given the point in
the release it would be acceptable for 4.6.

However long term I think it might make sense to try and reuse one of
the existing libxl__arch hooks, i.e.
libxl__arch_domain_init_hw_description or
libxl__arch_domain_finalise_hw_description. On ARM these are to do with
setting the Device Tree Blob, which included the memory map, so it is
somewhat morally equivalent to configuring the e820 on x86, I think.

Those hooks are only called from libxl__build_pv today, but calling them
from libxl__build_hvm seems like it would be good too.

In particular I think a call to
libxl__arch_domain_finalise_hw_description could be inserted just before
xc_hvm_build, which is similar to PV where it precedes
xc_dom_build_image, and is where you would want to setup the e820.

libxl__arch_domain_init_hw_description I think would still be a NOP on
x86, but it should probably go either just after the call to
libxl__domain_firmware.

Tiejun, would you be willing to commit to refactoring this and the
issues which Ian raised in response to #11 and #16 a subsequent clean up
series? I don't think it would even need to wait for the freeze to be
over to be posted (although it may need to wait to be applied).

Ian.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-07-10  9:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 119+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-09  5:33 [v7][PATCH 00/16] Fix RMRR Tiejun Chen
2015-07-09  5:33 ` [v7][PATCH 01/16] xen: introduce XENMEM_reserved_device_memory_map Tiejun Chen
2015-07-09  5:33 ` [v7][PATCH 02/16] xen/vtd: create RMRR mapping Tiejun Chen
2015-07-09  5:33 ` [v7][PATCH 03/16] xen/passthrough: extend hypercall to support rdm reservation policy Tiejun Chen
2015-07-10 13:26   ` George Dunlap
2015-07-10 15:01     ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-10 15:07       ` George Dunlap
2015-07-13  6:37         ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-13  5:57       ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-13  6:47     ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-13  8:57       ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-14 10:46       ` George Dunlap
2015-07-14 10:53         ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-14 11:30           ` George Dunlap
2015-07-14 11:45             ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-14 13:25               ` George Dunlap
2015-07-09  5:33 ` [v7][PATCH 04/16] xen: enable XENMEM_memory_map in hvm Tiejun Chen
2015-07-09  5:33 ` [v7][PATCH 05/16] hvmloader: get guest memory map into memory_map[] Tiejun Chen
2015-07-10 13:49   ` George Dunlap
2015-07-13  7:03     ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-09  5:33 ` [v7][PATCH 06/16] hvmloader/pci: skip reserved ranges Tiejun Chen
2015-07-13 13:12   ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-14  6:39     ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-14  9:27       ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-14 10:54         ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-14 11:50           ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15  0:55             ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-15  4:27               ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-15  8:34                 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15  8:59                   ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-15  9:10                     ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-15  9:27                     ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15 10:34                       ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-15 11:25                         ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15 11:34                           ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-15 13:56                             ` George Dunlap
2015-07-15 16:14                               ` George Dunlap
2015-07-16  2:05                                 ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-16  9:40                                   ` George Dunlap
2015-07-16 10:01                                     ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-15 11:05                       ` George Dunlap
2015-07-15 11:20                         ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-15 12:43                           ` George Dunlap
2015-07-15 13:23                             ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-15 11:24                         ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15 11:38                           ` George Dunlap
2015-07-15 11:27                         ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15 11:40                           ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-15  8:32               ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15  9:04                 ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-15 12:57                 ` Wei Liu
2015-07-15 13:40     ` George Dunlap
2015-07-15 14:00       ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15 15:19         ` George Dunlap
2015-07-09  5:33 ` [v7][PATCH 07/16] hvmloader/e820: construct guest e820 table Tiejun Chen
2015-07-13 13:35   ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-14  5:22     ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-14  9:32       ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-14 10:22         ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-14 10:48           ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15 16:00   ` George Dunlap
2015-07-16  1:58     ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-16  9:41       ` George Dunlap
2015-07-09  5:33 ` [v7][PATCH 08/16] tools/libxc: Expose new hypercall xc_reserved_device_memory_map Tiejun Chen
2015-07-09  5:34 ` [v7][PATCH 09/16] tools: extend xc_assign_device() to support rdm reservation policy Tiejun Chen
2015-07-09  5:34 ` [v7][PATCH 10/16] tools: introduce some new parameters to set rdm policy Tiejun Chen
2015-07-09  9:20   ` Wei Liu
2015-07-09  9:44     ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-09 10:37       ` Ian Jackson
2015-07-09 10:53         ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-09 18:02   ` Ian Jackson
2015-07-10  0:46     ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-09  5:34 ` [v7][PATCH 11/16] tools/libxl: detect and avoid conflicts with RDM Tiejun Chen
2015-07-09  9:11   ` Wei Liu
2015-07-09  9:41     ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-09 18:14   ` Ian Jackson
2015-07-10  3:19     ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-10 10:14       ` Ian Jackson
2015-07-13  9:19         ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-09  5:34 ` [v7][PATCH 12/16] tools: introduce a new parameter to set a predefined rdm boundary Tiejun Chen
2015-07-09 18:14   ` Ian Jackson
2015-07-09  5:34 ` [v7][PATCH 13/16] libxl: construct e820 map with RDM information for HVM guest Tiejun Chen
2015-07-09 18:17   ` Ian Jackson
2015-07-10  5:40     ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-10  9:18       ` Ian Campbell [this message]
2015-07-13  9:47         ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-13 10:15           ` Ian Campbell
2015-07-14  5:44             ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-14  7:42               ` Ian Campbell
2015-07-14  8:03                 ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-10 10:15       ` Ian Jackson
2015-07-09  5:34 ` [v7][PATCH 14/16] xen/vtd: enable USB device assignment Tiejun Chen
2015-07-09  5:34 ` [v7][PATCH 15/16] xen/vtd: prevent from assign the device with shared rmrr Tiejun Chen
2015-07-13 13:41   ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-14  1:42     ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-14  9:19       ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-09  5:34 ` [v7][PATCH 16/16] tools: parse to enable new rdm policy parameters Tiejun Chen
2015-07-09 18:23   ` Ian Jackson
2015-07-10  6:05     ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-10 10:23       ` Ian Jackson
2015-07-13  9:31         ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-13  9:40           ` Ian Campbell
2015-07-13  9:55             ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-13 10:17               ` Ian Campbell
2015-07-13 17:08                 ` Ian Jackson
2015-07-14  1:29                   ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-10 14:50 ` [v7][PATCH 00/16] Fix RMRR George Dunlap
2015-07-10 14:56   ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-16  7:55   ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-16  8:03     ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-16  8:08       ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-16  8:13         ` Chen, Tiejun
2015-07-16  8:26           ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-16  9:27             ` George Dunlap
2015-07-16  9:44               ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-16  9:59                 ` George Dunlap
2015-07-16  8:30         ` Ian Campbell
2015-07-16  8:46           ` Wei Liu
2015-07-16  9:45           ` Lars Kurth

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