linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 01/12] xen/p2m: Check for auto-xlat when doing mfn_to_local

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1312181410010.8667@kaball.uk.xensource.com>
Date:	Wed, 18 Dec 2013 14:10:32 +0000
From:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>, <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	<mukesh.rathor@...cle.com>, <jbeulich@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 01/12] xen/p2m: Check for auto-xlat when
 doing mfn_to_local_pfn.

On Tue, 17 Dec 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> From: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@...cle.com>
> 
> Most of the functions in page.h are prefaced with
> 	if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
> 		return mfn;
> 
> Except the mfn_to_local_pfn. At a first sight, the function
> should work without this patch - as the 'mfn_to_mfn' has
> a similar check. But there are no such check in the
> 'get_phys_to_machine' function - so we would crash in there.
> 
> This fixes it by following the convention of having the
> check for auto-xlat in these static functions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>

Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>


>  arch/x86/include/asm/xen/page.h | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/page.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/page.h
> index b913915..4a092cc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/page.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/page.h
> @@ -167,7 +167,12 @@ static inline xpaddr_t machine_to_phys(xmaddr_t machine)
>   */
>  static inline unsigned long mfn_to_local_pfn(unsigned long mfn)
>  {
> -	unsigned long pfn = mfn_to_pfn(mfn);
> +	unsigned long pfn;
> +
> +	if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
> +		return mfn;
> +
> +	pfn = mfn_to_pfn(mfn);
>  	if (get_phys_to_machine(pfn) != mfn)
>  		return -1; /* force !pfn_valid() */
>  	return pfn;
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1
> 
> 
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