[PATCH 1/6] xen/x86: streamline set_pte_mfn()

From: Jan Beulich
Date: Thu Sep 30 2021 - 08:35:05 EST


In preparation for restoring xen_set_pte_init()'s original behavior of
avoiding hypercalls, make set_pte_mfn() no longer use the standard
set_pte() code path. That one is more complicated than the alternative
of simply using an available hypercall directly. This way we can avoid
introducing a fair number (2k on my test system) of cases where the
hypervisor would trap-and-emulate page table updates.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
@@ -241,9 +241,11 @@ static void xen_set_pmd(pmd_t *ptr, pmd_
* Associate a virtual page frame with a given physical page frame
* and protection flags for that frame.
*/
-void set_pte_mfn(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long mfn, pgprot_t flags)
+void __init set_pte_mfn(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long mfn, pgprot_t flags)
{
- set_pte_vaddr(vaddr, mfn_pte(mfn, flags));
+ if (HYPERVISOR_update_va_mapping(vaddr, mfn_pte(mfn, flags),
+ UVMF_INVLPG))
+ BUG();
}

static bool xen_batched_set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pteval)