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Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 16:23:02 +0000
From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>,
<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
<boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>, <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
<mukesh.rathor@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 05/18] xen/mmu/p2m: Refactor the xen_pagetable_init
code.
On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 03:47:15PM +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > On Tue, 31 Dec 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > The revector and copying of the P2M only happens when
> > > !auto-xlat and on 64-bit builds. It is not obvious from
> > > the code, so lets have seperate 32 and 64-bit functions.
> > >
> > > We also invert the check for auto-xlat to make the code
> > > flow simpler.
> > >
> > > Suggested-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
> > > ---
> > > arch/x86/xen/mmu.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
> > > 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
> > > index ce563be..d792a69 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
> > > @@ -1198,44 +1198,40 @@ static void __init xen_cleanhighmap(unsigned long vaddr,
> > > * instead of somewhere later and be confusing. */
> > > xen_mc_flush();
> > > }
> > > -#endif
> > > -static void __init xen_pagetable_init(void)
> > > +static void __init xen_pagetable_p2m_copy(void)
> > > {
> > > -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > > unsigned long size;
> > > unsigned long addr;
> > > -#endif
> > > - paging_init();
> > > - xen_setup_shared_info();
> > > -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > > - if (!xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap)) {
> > > - unsigned long new_mfn_list;
> > > + unsigned long new_mfn_list;
> > > +
> > > + if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
> > > + return;
> > > +
> > > + size = PAGE_ALIGN(xen_start_info->nr_pages * sizeof(unsigned long));
> > > +
> > > + /* On 32-bit, we get zero so this never gets executed. */
> >
> > Given that this code is already ifdef'ed CONFIG_X86_64, this comment
> > should be removed.
>
> Sure.
> >
> >
> > > + new_mfn_list = xen_revector_p2m_tree();
> >
> > I take from the comment that new_mfn_list must not be zero. Maybe we
> > want a BUG_ON or a WARN_ON?
>
> It can be zero, in which case we don't want to revector.
> >
> >
> > > + if (new_mfn_list && new_mfn_list != xen_start_info->mfn_list) {
> > > + /* using __ka address and sticking INVALID_P2M_ENTRY! */
> > > + memset((void *)xen_start_info->mfn_list, 0xff, size);
> > > +
> > > + /* We should be in __ka space. */
> > > + BUG_ON(xen_start_info->mfn_list < __START_KERNEL_map);
> > > + addr = xen_start_info->mfn_list;
> > > + /* We roundup to the PMD, which means that if anybody at this stage is
> > > + * using the __ka address of xen_start_info or xen_start_info->shared_info
> > > + * they are in going to crash. Fortunatly we have already revectored
> > > + * in xen_setup_kernel_pagetable and in xen_setup_shared_info. */
> > > + size = roundup(size, PMD_SIZE);
> > > + xen_cleanhighmap(addr, addr + size);
> > >
> > > size = PAGE_ALIGN(xen_start_info->nr_pages * sizeof(unsigned long));
> > > + memblock_free(__pa(xen_start_info->mfn_list), size);
> > > + /* And revector! Bye bye old array */
> > > + xen_start_info->mfn_list = new_mfn_list;
> > > + } else
> > > + return;
> >
> > This was a normal condition when the function was executed on both
> > x86_64 and x86_32. Now that it is only executed on x86_64, is it still
> > the case?
>
> It could be. Since this particular patch just moves code I would hesitate
> to make changes here. Perhaps a seperate patch after the conditions
> under which the xen_revector_p2m_tree() fail can be done?
No, I think that's OK as it is.
> >
> >
> > > - /* On 32-bit, we get zero so this never gets executed. */
> > > - new_mfn_list = xen_revector_p2m_tree();
> > > - if (new_mfn_list && new_mfn_list != xen_start_info->mfn_list) {
> > > - /* using __ka address and sticking INVALID_P2M_ENTRY! */
> > > - memset((void *)xen_start_info->mfn_list, 0xff, size);
> > > -
> > > - /* We should be in __ka space. */
> > > - BUG_ON(xen_start_info->mfn_list < __START_KERNEL_map);
> > > - addr = xen_start_info->mfn_list;
> > > - /* We roundup to the PMD, which means that if anybody at this stage is
> > > - * using the __ka address of xen_start_info or xen_start_info->shared_info
> > > - * they are in going to crash. Fortunatly we have already revectored
> > > - * in xen_setup_kernel_pagetable and in xen_setup_shared_info. */
> > > - size = roundup(size, PMD_SIZE);
> > > - xen_cleanhighmap(addr, addr + size);
> > > -
> > > - size = PAGE_ALIGN(xen_start_info->nr_pages * sizeof(unsigned long));
> > > - memblock_free(__pa(xen_start_info->mfn_list), size);
> > > - /* And revector! Bye bye old array */
> > > - xen_start_info->mfn_list = new_mfn_list;
> > > - } else
> > > - goto skip;
> > > - }
> > > /* At this stage, cleanup_highmap has already cleaned __ka space
> > > * from _brk_limit way up to the max_pfn_mapped (which is the end of
> > > * the ramdisk). We continue on, erasing PMD entries that point to page
> > > @@ -1255,8 +1251,19 @@ static void __init xen_pagetable_init(void)
> > > * anything at this stage. */
> > > xen_cleanhighmap(MODULES_VADDR, roundup(MODULES_VADDR, PUD_SIZE) - 1);
> > > #endif
> > > -skip:
> > > +}
> > > +#else
> > > +static void __init xen_pagetable_p2m_copy(void)
> > > +{
> > > + /* Nada! */
> > > +}
> > > #endif
> > > +
> > > +static void __init xen_pagetable_init(void)
> > > +{
> > > + paging_init();
> > > + xen_setup_shared_info();
> > > + xen_pagetable_p2m_copy();
> > > xen_post_allocator_init();
> > > }
> > > static void xen_write_cr2(unsigned long cr2)
> > > --
> > > 1.8.3.1
> > >
>
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