Re: [PATCH V10 05/14] xen/pvh: balloon and grant changes.

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Fri Dec 13 2013 - 10:01:01 EST


On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 02:49:15PM +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Dec 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 11:56:31AM +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > On Thu, 12 Dec 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > > From: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > For balloon changes we skip setting of local P2M as it's updated
> > > > in Xen. For grant, the shared grant frame is the PFN and not MFN,
> > > > hence its mapped via the same code path as HVM.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > [v1: Rebase on v3.7-rc3]
> > > > Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > CC: <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Conflicts:
> > > > drivers/xen/balloon.c
> > > > [v2: Rebase on v3.13-rc3 has lot of ARM changes.]
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/xen/balloon.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> > > > drivers/xen/gntdev.c | 3 ++-
> > > > drivers/xen/grant-table.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > > > 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/xen/balloon.c b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
> > > > index 55ea73f..0e9875a 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/xen/balloon.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
> > > > @@ -354,7 +354,9 @@ static enum bp_state increase_reservation(unsigned long nr_pages)
> > > >
> > > > #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_HAVE_PVMMU
> > > > /* Link back into the page tables if not highmem. */
> > > > - if (xen_pv_domain() && !PageHighMem(page)) {
> > > > + if (xen_pv_domain() && !PageHighMem(page) &&
> > > > + !xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap)) {
> > > > +
> > > > int ret;
> > > > ret = HYPERVISOR_update_va_mapping(
> > > > (unsigned long)__va(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT),
> > > > @@ -411,28 +413,29 @@ static enum bp_state decrease_reservation(unsigned long nr_pages, gfp_t gfp)
> > > >
> > > > scrub_page(page);
> > > >
> > > > - /*
> > > > - * Ballooned out frames are effectively replaced with
> > > > - * a scratch frame. Ensure direct mappings and the
> > > > - * p2m are consistent.
> > > > - */
> > > > - scratch_page = get_balloon_scratch_page();
> > > > + if (!xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap)) {
> > > > + unsigned long p;
> > > > +
> > > > + /*
> > > > + * Ballooned out frames are effectively replaced with
> > > > + * a scratch frame. Ensure direct mappings and the
> > > > + * p2m are consistent.
> > > > + */
> > > > + scratch_page = get_balloon_scratch_page();
> > > > #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_HAVE_PVMMU
> > > > - if (xen_pv_domain() && !PageHighMem(page)) {
> > > > - ret = HYPERVISOR_update_va_mapping(
> > > > - (unsigned long)__va(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT),
> > > > - pfn_pte(page_to_pfn(scratch_page),
> > > > + if (xen_pv_domain() && !PageHighMem(page)) {
> > > > + ret = HYPERVISOR_update_va_mapping(
> > > > + (unsigned long)__va(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT),
> > > > + pfn_pte(page_to_pfn(scratch_page),
> > > > PAGE_KERNEL_RO), 0);
> > > > - BUG_ON(ret);
> > > > - }
> > > > + BUG_ON(ret);
> > > > + }
> > > > #endif
> > > > - if (!xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap)) {
> > > > - unsigned long p;
> > > > p = page_to_pfn(scratch_page);
> > > > __set_phys_to_machine(pfn, pfn_to_mfn(p));
> > > > - }
> > > > - put_balloon_scratch_page();
> > > >
> > > > + put_balloon_scratch_page();
> > > > + }
> > > > balloon_append(pfn_to_page(pfn));
> > > > }
> > >
> > > These changes to balloon.c are similar to my patch but:
> > >
> > > - they don't prevent set_phys_to_machine from being called by
> > > increase_reservation for auto_translated guests
> >
> > <nods>
> > >
> > > - they don't prevent wasteful balloon_scratch_page from being allocated
> > > for auto_translated guests
> >
> > <nods>
> > >
> > > I think that it would be best to take my patch instead.
> >
> > Lets focus the review on your patch then and have it part of this
> > series.
>
> OK, but keep in mind that Xen on ARMv8 is currently broken without that
> patch.

Hm. We could have another patch to just disable BALLOON on ARMv8 :-)

The question you have to ask - if your patch causes regression are you
OK tracking/fixing it over the holidays :-) If yes, then yes - we can
put that in v3.13-rc3 to make it work properly on ARMv8.
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