Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 11/12] xen/pvh: Disable PV code that doesnot work with PVH.

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Wed Dec 18 2013 - 09:57:19 EST


On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 02:19:28PM +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Dec 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > From: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > As we do not have yet a mechanism for that.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Even though we don't even compile cpu_hotplug on ARM yet, I don't like
> this change because it affects ARM guests too.

Perhaps then just #ifdef it with CONFIG_X86 for right now?

>
> Please add a note about ARM guests in the FIXME line.

Good idea. Is the offline/online part working in ARM? Or is that it
has not been tested?
>
>
> > drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c | 4 +++-
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c b/drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c
> > index cc6513a..cbb02af 100644
> > --- a/drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c
> > +++ b/drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c
> > @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
> >
> > #include <xen/xen.h>
> > #include <xen/xenbus.h>
> > +#include <xen/features.h>
> >
> > #include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
> > #include <asm/cpu.h>
> > @@ -102,7 +103,8 @@ static int __init setup_vcpu_hotplug_event(void)
> > static struct notifier_block xsn_cpu = {
> > .notifier_call = setup_cpu_watcher };
> >
> > - if (!xen_pv_domain())
> > + /* PVH TBD/FIXME: future work */
> > + if (!xen_pv_domain() || xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
> > return -ENODEV;
> >
> > register_xenstore_notifier(&xsn_cpu);
>
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