Re: [patch 20/26] Xen-paravirt_ops: Core Xen implementation

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Mar 16 2007 - 05:15:50 EST



* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Core Xen Implementation
>
> This patch is a rollup of all the core pieces of the Xen
> implementation, including booting, memory management, interrupts, time
> and so on.

> --- a/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
> @@ -535,6 +535,10 @@ unhandled_paravirt:
> ud2
> #endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_XEN
> +#include "../xen/xen-head.S"
> +#endif

i'd suggest to remove the #ifdef and push it into xen-head.S.

> /*
> * BSS section
> */
> -.section ".bss.page_aligned","w"
> +.section ".bss.page_aligned","wa"

why is this done?

> ENTRY(swapper_pg_dir)
> + .align PAGE_SIZE_asm
> .fill 1024,4,0

does the native kernel lose memory here?

> @@ -437,9 +437,9 @@ static unsigned long native_store_tr(voi
>
> static void native_load_tls(struct thread_struct *t, unsigned int cpu)
> {
> -#define C(i) get_cpu_gdt_table(cpu)[GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN + i] = t->tls_array[i]
> - C(0); C(1); C(2);
> -#undef C
> + get_cpu_gdt_table(cpu)[GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN + 0] = t->tls_array[0];
> + get_cpu_gdt_table(cpu)[GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN + 1] = t->tls_array[1];
> + get_cpu_gdt_table(cpu)[GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN + 2] = t->tls_array[2];
> }

this is a cleanup unrelated to the purpose of the patch.

> +static void xen_safe_halt(void)
> +{
> + stop_hz_timer();
> + /* Blocking includes an implicit local_irq_enable(). */
> + if (HYPERVISOR_sched_op(SCHEDOP_block, 0) != 0)
> + BUG();
> + start_hz_timer();
> +}

change this to tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick()/restart_sched_tick() instead.

> +static void xen_halt(void)
> +{
> +#if 0
> + if (irqs_disabled())
> + HYPERVISOR_vcpu_op(VCPUOP_down, smp_processor_id(), NULL);
> +#endif

hm?

> + op->arg1.linear_addr = arbitrary_virt_to_machine((unsigned long)addr).maddr;

80+ chars line. (there are more instances of this throughout the patch)

> + for (va = dtr->address, f = 0;
> + va < dtr->address + size;
> + va += PAGE_SIZE, f++) {
> + frames[f] = virt_to_mfn(va);
> + make_lowmem_page_readonly((void *)va);
> + }

coding style.

> + /* This is used very early, so we can't rely on per-cpu data
> + being set up, so no multicalls */

comment coding style. (there are instances of this throughout the patch)

> + spin_lock(&lock);
> + for(in = out = 0; in < count; in++) {

missing whitespace.

> + if (HYPERVISOR_update_descriptor(virt_to_machine(dt + entry*8).maddr,

80+ chars.

> +static void xen_set_iopl_mask(unsigned mask)
> +{
> +#if 0
> + struct physdev_set_iopl set_iopl;
> +
> + /* Force the change at ring 0. */
> + set_iopl.iopl = (mask == 0) ? 1 : (mask >> 12) & 3;
> + HYPERVISOR_physdev_op(PHYSDEVOP_set_iopl, &set_iopl);
> +#endif

hm?

> + }
> +
> + write_pda(xen.cr3, cr3);
> +
> +
> + {

unnecessary newline.

> +static struct irq_chip xen_dynamic_chip __read_mostly = {
> + .name = "xen-virq",
> + .mask = disable_dynirq,
> + .unmask = enable_dynirq,
> + .ack = ack_dynirq,
> + .set_affinity = set_affinity_irq,
> + .retrigger = retrigger_dynirq,
> +};

nicely done! :-)

> +void xen_set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
> +{
> +#if 1
> + struct mmu_update u;
> +
> + u.ptr = virt_to_machine(ptep).maddr;
> + u.val = pte_val_ma(pte);
> + if (HYPERVISOR_mmu_update(&u, 1, NULL, DOMID_SELF) < 0)
> + BUG();
> +#else
> + ptep->pte_high = pte.pte_high;
> + smp_wmb();
> + ptep->pte_low = pte.pte_low;
> +#endif

hm?

> + pgd = swapper_pg_dir + pgd_index(vaddr);
> + if (pgd_none(*pgd)) {
> + BUG();
> + return;

hm?

> +void xen_pte_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,pte_t *ptep)
> +{
> +#if 1
> + ptep->pte_low = 0;
> + smp_wmb();
> + ptep->pte_high = 0;
> +#else
> + set_64bit((u64 *)ptep, 0);
> +#endif

hm?

> +unsigned long xen_pmd_val(pmd_t pmd)
> +{
> + BUG();
> + return 0;
> +}

make it noret.

> +pmd_t xen_make_pmd(unsigned long pmd)
> +{
> + BUG();
> + return __pmd(0);
> +}

ditto.

> +static void xen_timer_interrupt_hook(void)
> +{

> + runstate->time[RUNSTATE_offline] -
> + __get_cpu_var(processed_stolen_time);

NACK for now, for the reasons outlined in the 'stolen time' thread.
Stolen time accounting is a concept only related to the scheduler tick,
it's not a concept that should leak into normal timer interrupt
concepts.

> + /* System-wide jiffy work. */
> + ticks = 0;
> + while(delta > NS_PER_TICK) {
> + delta -= NS_PER_TICK;
> + processed_system_time += NS_PER_TICK;
> + ticks++;
> + }
> + do_timer(ticks);

that should be updated to clockevents. (i suspect it already is?)

> +
> +#if 0
> + if (unlikely((mfn >> machine_to_phys_order) != 0))
> + return max_mapnr;
> +#endif

hm?

Ingo
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