linux-kernel - [PATCH 04/17] xen: create dummy ioapic mapping

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Message-Id: <1242170724-13349-5-git-send-email-jeremy@goop.org>
Date:	Tue, 12 May 2009 16:25:11 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
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 04/17] 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.

[ Impact: debuggability (make failures obvious) ]

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 331e52d..139c8de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
@@ -1919,6 +1919,16 @@ static void xen_set_fixmap(unsigned idx, phys_addr_t 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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