Re: [PATCH v12 11/18] xen/pvh: Piggyback on PVHVM for event channels(v2)

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Fri Jan 03 2014 - 13:11:50 EST


On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 04:34:18PM +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Dec 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > From: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > PVH is a PV guest with a twist - there are certain things
> > that work in it like HVM and some like PV. There is
> > a similar mode - PVHVM where we run in HVM mode with
> > PV code enabled - and this patch explores that.
> >
> > The most notable PV interfaces are the XenBus and event channels.
> >
> > We will piggyback on how the event channel mechanism is
> > used in PVHVM - that is we want the normal native IRQ mechanism
> > and we will install a vector (hvm callback) for which we
> > will call the event channel mechanism.
> >
> > This means that from a pvops perspective, we can use
> > native_irq_ops instead of the Xen PV specific. Albeit in the
> > future we could support pirq_eoi_map. But that is
> > a feature request that can be shared with PVHVM.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/xen/irq.c | 5 ++++-
> > drivers/xen/events.c | 16 ++++++++++------
> > 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/irq.c b/arch/x86/xen/irq.c
> > index 0da7f86..76ca326 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/xen/irq.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/xen/irq.c
> > @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
> > #include <xen/interface/xen.h>
> > #include <xen/interface/sched.h>
> > #include <xen/interface/vcpu.h>
> > +#include <xen/features.h>
> > #include <xen/events.h>
> >
> > #include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
> > @@ -128,6 +129,8 @@ static const struct pv_irq_ops xen_irq_ops __initconst = {
> >
> > void __init xen_init_irq_ops(void)
> > {
> > - pv_irq_ops = xen_irq_ops;
> > + /* For PVH we use default pv_irq_ops settings. */
> > + if (!xen_feature(XENFEAT_hvm_callback_vector))
> > + pv_irq_ops = xen_irq_ops;
> > x86_init.irqs.intr_init = xen_init_IRQ;
> > }
> > diff --git a/drivers/xen/events.c b/drivers/xen/events.c
> > index 4035e83..bf8fb29 100644
> > --- a/drivers/xen/events.c
> > +++ b/drivers/xen/events.c
> > @@ -1908,20 +1908,24 @@ void __init xen_init_IRQ(void)
> > pirq_needs_eoi = pirq_needs_eoi_flag;
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_X86
> > - if (xen_hvm_domain()) {
> > + if (xen_pv_domain()) {
> > + irq_ctx_init(smp_processor_id());
> > + if (xen_initial_domain())
> > + pci_xen_initial_domain();
> > + }
> > + if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_hvm_callback_vector))
> > xen_callback_vector();
> > +
> > + if (xen_hvm_domain()) {
> > native_init_IRQ();
> > /* pci_xen_hvm_init must be called after native_init_IRQ so that
> > * __acpi_register_gsi can point at the right function */
> > pci_xen_hvm_init();
> > - } else {
> > + } else if (!xen_pvh_domain()) {
> > + /* TODO: No PVH support for PIRQ EOI */
> > int rc;
> > struct physdev_pirq_eoi_gmfn eoi_gmfn;
> >
> > - irq_ctx_init(smp_processor_id());
> > - if (xen_initial_domain())
> > - pci_xen_initial_domain();
>
> We already have a mechanism to identify whether
> PHYSDEVOP_pirq_eoi_gmfn_v2 is available or not. Can't we just rely on
> that?

Yes, and this code has the right recovery mechanism to deal with let.

Thank you!
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/