Re: [PATCH v5 4/4] x86/xen: Add "nopv" support for HVM guest

From: Boris Ostrovsky
Date: Fri Jul 05 2019 - 09:07:17 EST


On 7/2/19 9:19 PM, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
> PVH guest needs PV extentions to work, so "nopv" parameter should be
> ignored for PVH but not for HVM guest.
>
> If PVH guest boots up via the Xen-PVH boot entry, xen_pvh is set early,
> we know it's PVH guest and ignore "nopv" parameter directly.
>
> If PVH guest boots up via the normal boot entry same as HVM guest, it's
> hard to distinguish PVH and HVM guest at that time.
>
> To handle that case, add a new function xen_hvm_nopv_guest_late_init()
> to detect PVH at a late time and panic itself if nopv enabled for a
> PVH guest.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
> index 1756cf7..09a010a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
> @@ -231,11 +231,37 @@ bool __init xen_hvm_need_lapic(void)
> return true;
> }
>
> +static __init void xen_hvm_nopv_guest_late_init(void)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_XEN_PVH
> + if (x86_platform.legacy.rtc || !x86_platform.legacy.no_vga)
> + return;
> +
> + /* PVH detected. */
> + xen_pvh = true;
> +
> + panic("\"nopv\" and \"xen_nopv\" parameters are unsupported in PVH guest.");
> +#endif
> +}

Can't all of this be done in xen_hvm_guest_late_init()? It has the same
tests already and it seems to me you should be able to panic from there.


-boris


> +
> +
> static uint32_t __init xen_platform_hvm(void)
> {
> if (xen_pv_domain())
> return 0;
>
> + if (xen_pvh_domain() && nopv) {
> + /* Guest booting via the Xen-PVH boot entry goes here */
> + pr_info("\"nopv\" parameter is ignored in PVH guest\n");
> + nopv = false;
> + } else if (nopv) {
> + /*
> + * Guest booting via normal boot entry (like via grub2) goes
> + * here.
> + */
> + x86_init.hyper.guest_late_init = xen_hvm_nopv_guest_late_init;
> + return 0;
> + }
> return xen_cpuid_base();
> }
>
> @@ -268,4 +294,5 @@ static __init void xen_hvm_guest_late_init(void)
> .init.init_mem_mapping = xen_hvm_init_mem_mapping,
> .init.guest_late_init = xen_hvm_guest_late_init,
> .runtime.pin_vcpu = xen_pin_vcpu,
> + .ignore_nopv = true,
> };