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Date:	Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:14:01 -0800
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
Subject: [PATCH 03/10] 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/mmu.c |   10 ++++++++++
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
index 05d6adb..33f39de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
@@ -1845,6 +1845,16 @@ static void xen_set_fixmap(unsigned idx, unsigned long phys, pgprot_t prot)
 		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 */
-- 
1.6.0.6

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