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Date:	Mon, 17 Feb 2014 11:49:34 +0000
From:	Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.kiss@...rix.com>
To:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
CC:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, <x86@...nel.org>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>,
	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9] xen/grant-table: Avoid m2p_override during mapping

On 16/02/14 18:36, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Feb 2014, Zoltan Kiss wrote:
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/xen/page.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/xen/page.h
>> index e0965ab..4eaeb3f 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/xen/page.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/xen/page.h
>> @@ -97,16 +97,15 @@ static inline pte_t *lookup_address(unsigned long address, unsigned int *level)
>>   	return NULL;
>>   }
>>
>> -static inline int m2p_add_override(unsigned long mfn, struct page *page,
>> -		struct gnttab_map_grant_ref *kmap_op)
>> -{
>> -	return 0;
>> -}
>> -
>> -static inline int m2p_remove_override(struct page *page, bool clear_pte)
>> -{
>> -	return 0;
>> -}
>> +extern int set_foreign_p2m_mapping(struct gnttab_map_grant_ref *map_ops,
>> +				   struct gnttab_map_grant_ref *kmap_ops,
>> +				   struct page **pages, unsigned int count,
>> +				   bool m2p_override);
>> +
>> +extern int clear_foreign_p2m_mapping(struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref *unmap_ops,
>> +				     struct gnttab_map_grant_ref *kmap_ops,
>> +				     struct page **pages, unsigned int count,
>> +				     bool m2p_override);
>
> Much much better.
> The only comment I have is about this m2p_override boolean parameter.
> m2p_override is now meaningless in this context, what we really want to
> let the arch specific implementation know is whether the mapping is a
> kernel only mapping or a userspace mapping.
> Testing for kmap_ops != NULL might even be enough, but it would not
> improve the interface.
gntdev is the only user of this, the kmap_ops parameter there is:
use_ptemod ? map->kmap_ops + offset : NULL
where:
use_ptemod = !xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap);
So I think we can't rely on kmap_ops to decide whether we should 
m2p_override or not.

> Is it possible to realize if the mapping is a userspace mapping by
> checking for GNTMAP_application_map in map_ops?
> Otherwise I would keep the boolean and rename it to user_mapping.
Sounds better, but as far as I see gntdev set that flag in 
find_grant_ptes, which is called only

if (use_ptemod) {
	err = apply_to_page_range(vma->vm_mm, vma->vm_start,
				  vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start,
				  find_grant_ptes, map);

So if xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap), we don't have 
kmap_ops, and GNTMAP_application_map is not set as well, but I guess we 
still need m2p_override. Or not? I'm a bit confused, maybe because of 
Monday ...

Zoli
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