linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] xen/store: do not store local values in xen_start

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Date:   Thu, 3 May 2018 15:45:25 +0100
From:   Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@...rix.com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@...rix.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] xen/store: do not store local values in xen_start_info

There's no need to store the xenstore page or event channel in
xen_start_info if they are locally initialized.

This also fixes PVH local xenstore initialization due to the lack of
xen_start_info in that case.

Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>
---
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
---
 drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
index ec9eb4fba59c..f2088838f690 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ static int __init xenstored_local_init(void)
 	if (!page)
 		goto out_err;
 
-	xen_store_gfn = xen_start_info->store_mfn = virt_to_gfn((void *)page);
+	xen_store_gfn = virt_to_gfn((void *)page);
 
 	/* Next allocate a local port which xenstored can bind to */
 	alloc_unbound.dom        = DOMID_SELF;
@@ -722,8 +722,7 @@ static int __init xenstored_local_init(void)
 		goto out_err;
 
 	BUG_ON(err);
-	xen_store_evtchn = xen_start_info->store_evtchn =
-		alloc_unbound.port;
+	xen_store_evtchn = alloc_unbound.port;
 
 	return 0;
 
-- 
2.17.0