Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 02/12] xen/pvh: Define what an PVH guestis.

From: Stefano Stabellini
Date: Wed Dec 18 2013 - 09:23:15 EST


On Tue, 17 Dec 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> From: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Which is a PV guest with auto page translation enabled
> and with vector callback. It is a cross between PVHVM and PV.
>
> The Xen side defines PVH as (from docs/misc/pvh-readme.txt,
> with modifications):
>
> "* the guest uses auto translate:
> - p2m is managed by Xen
> - pagetables are owned by the guest
> - mmu_update hypercall not available
> * it uses event callback and not vlapic emulation,
> * IDT is native, so set_trap_table hcall is also N/A for a PVH guest.
>
> For a full list of hcalls supported for PVH, see pvh_hypercall64_table
> in arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c in xen. From the ABI prespective, it's mostly a
> PV guest with auto translate, although it does use hvm_op for setting
> callback vector."
>
> We don't have yet a Kconfig entry setup as we do not
> have all the parts ready for it - so we piggyback
> on the PVHVM config option. This scaffolding will
> be removed later.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Could you please add an "&& CONFIG_X86"?


> include/xen/xen.h | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/xen/xen.h b/include/xen/xen.h
> index a74d436..1d6a237 100644
> --- a/include/xen/xen.h
> +++ b/include/xen/xen.h
> @@ -29,4 +29,13 @@ extern enum xen_domain_type xen_domain_type;
> #define xen_initial_domain() (0)
> #endif /* CONFIG_XEN_DOM0 */
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_XEN_PVHVM
> +/* Temporarily under XEN_PVHVM, but will be under CONFIG_XEN_PVH */
> +#include <xen/features.h>
> +#define xen_pvh_domain() (xen_pv_domain() && \
> + xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap) && \
> + xen_have_vector_callback)
> +#else
> +#define xen_pvh_domain() (0)
> +#endif
> #endif /* _XEN_XEN_H */
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
>
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