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Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:03:47 +0000
From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
To: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
CC: <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
<konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen/arm: pfn_to_mfn and mfn_to_pfn return the argument
if nothing is in the p2m
On Mon, 2013-11-11 at 12:50 +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Some common Xen drivers, like balloon.c, call pfn_to_mfn and mfn_to_pfn
> even for autotranslate guests, expecting the argument back.
> The following commit broke these drivers by changing the behavior of
> pfn_to_mfn and mfn_to_pfn:
>
> commit 4a19138c6505e224d9f4cc2fe9ada9188d7100ea
> Author: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
> Date: Thu Oct 17 16:22:27 2013 +0000
>
> arm/xen,arm64/xen: introduce p2m
>
> They now return INVALID_P2M_ENTRY if Linux doesn't actually know what is
> the mfn backing a pfn or what is the pfn corresponding to an mfn.
> Fix the regression by switching to the old behavior.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
I tripped over this on Friday and my local hack was identical, hence
also:
Tested-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
Ian.
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