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Message-Id: <ec3f3830cce7c4753c97.1226603427@abulafia.goop.org>
Date:	Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:10:27 -0800
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
Subject: [PATCH 29 of 38] xen: create dummy ioapic mapping

We don't allow direct access to the IO apic, so make sure that any
request to map it just "maps" non-present pages.  We should see any
attempts at direct access explode nicely.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c |   10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -1166,6 +1166,16 @@
 		pte = pfn_pte(phys, prot);
 		break;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
+	case FIX_IO_APIC_BASE_0 ... FIX_IO_APIC_BASE_END:
+		/*
+		 * We just don't map the IO APIC - all access is via
+		 * hypercalls.  Keep the address in the pte for reference.
+		 */
+		pte = pfn_pte(phys, PAGE_NONE);
+		break;
+#endif
+
 	case FIX_PARAVIRT_BOOTMAP:
 		/* This is an MFN, but it isn't an IO mapping from the
 		   IO domain */


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