linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] drm/xen-front: Introduce Xen para-virtualized frontend driver

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Message-ID: <95653e33-b0a0-e061-ba9e-35552b5a8037@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Feb 2018 11:11:05 +0200
From:   Oleksandr Andrushchenko <andr2000@...il.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        airlied@...ux.ie, daniel.vetter@...el.com, seanpaul@...omium.org,
        gustavo@...ovan.org, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
        konrad.wilk@...cle.com
Cc:     Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@...m.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] drm/xen-front: Introduce Xen para-virtualized
 frontend driver

On 02/21/2018 11:09 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 21/02/18 09:47, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
>> On 02/21/2018 10:19 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
>>> On 21/02/18 09:03, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
>>>> From: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@...m.com>
>>>>
>>>> Introduce skeleton of the para-virtualized Xen display
>>>> frontend driver. This patch only adds required
>>>> essential stubs.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Andrushchenko
>>>> <oleksandr_andrushchenko@...m.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig             |  2 +
>>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile            |  1 +
>>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Kconfig         | 17 ++++++++
>>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Makefile        |  5 +++
>>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c | 83
>>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>    5 files changed, 108 insertions(+)
>>>>    create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Kconfig
>>>>    create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Makefile
>>>>    create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
>>>> index deeefa7a1773..757825ac60df 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
>>>> @@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ source "drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/Kconfig"
>>>>      source "drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/Kconfig"
>>>>    +source "drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Kconfig"
>>>> +
>>>>    # Keep legacy drivers last
>>>>      menuconfig DRM_LEGACY
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
>>>> index 50093ff4479b..9d66657ea117 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
>>>> @@ -103,3 +103,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_MXSFB)    += mxsfb/
>>>>    obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_TINYDRM) += tinydrm/
>>>>    obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_PL111) += pl111/
>>>>    obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_TVE200) += tve200/
>>>> +obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_XEN) += xen/
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Kconfig
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 000000000000..4cca160782ab
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Kconfig
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
>>>> +config DRM_XEN
>>>> +    bool "DRM Support for Xen guest OS"
>>>> +    depends on XEN
>>>> +    help
>>>> +      Choose this option if you want to enable DRM support
>>>> +      for Xen.
>>>> +
>>>> +config DRM_XEN_FRONTEND
>>>> +    tristate "Para-virtualized frontend driver for Xen guest OS"
>>>> +    depends on DRM_XEN
>>>> +    depends on DRM
>>>> +    select DRM_KMS_HELPER
>>>> +    select VIDEOMODE_HELPERS
>>>> +    select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
>>>> +    help
>>>> +      Choose this option if you want to enable a para-virtualized
>>>> +      frontend DRM/KMS driver for Xen guest OSes.
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Makefile
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 000000000000..967074d348f6
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Makefile
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
>>>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>>> +
>>>> +drm_xen_front-objs := xen_drm_front.o
>>>> +
>>>> +obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_XEN_FRONTEND) += drm_xen_front.o
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c
>>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 000000000000..fd372fb464a1
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
>>>> +/*
>>>> + *  Xen para-virtual DRM device
>>>> + *
>>>> + *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>>>> modify
>>>> + *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
>>>> published by
>>>> + *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
>>>> + *   (at your option) any later version.
>>>> + *
>>>> + *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>>>> + *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>>>> + *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>>>> + *   GNU General Public License for more details.
>>> Use SPDX identifier instead (same applies for all other new
>>> sources):
>>>
>>> // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> Will update, thank you
>>>> + *
>>>> + * Copyright (C) 2016-2018 EPAM Systems Inc.
>>>> + *
>>>> + * Author: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@...m.com>
>>>> + */
>>>> +
>>>> +#include <drm/drmP.h>
>>>> +
>>>> +#include <xen/platform_pci.h>
>>>> +#include <xen/xen.h>
>>>> +#include <xen/xenbus.h>
>>>> +
>>>> +#include <xen/interface/io/displif.h>
>>>> +
>>>> +static void backend_on_changed(struct xenbus_device *xb_dev,
>>>> +        enum xenbus_state backend_state)
>>>> +{
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +static int xen_drv_probe(struct xenbus_device *xb_dev,
>>>> +        const struct xenbus_device_id *id)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    return 0;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +static int xen_drv_remove(struct xenbus_device *dev)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    return 0;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +static const struct xenbus_device_id xen_drv_ids[] = {
>>>> +    { XENDISPL_DRIVER_NAME },
>>>> +    { "" }
>>>> +};
>>>> +
>>>> +static struct xenbus_driver xen_driver = {
>>>> +    .ids = xen_drv_ids,
>>>> +    .probe = xen_drv_probe,
>>>> +    .remove = xen_drv_remove,
>>>> +    .otherend_changed = backend_on_changed,
>>>> +};
>>>> +
>>>> +static int __init xen_drv_init(void)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    if (!xen_domain())
>>>> +        return -ENODEV;
>>>> +
>>>> +    if (xen_initial_domain()) {
>>>> +        DRM_ERROR(XENDISPL_DRIVER_NAME " cannot run in initial
>>>> domain\n");
>>>> +        return -ENODEV;
>>>> +    }
>>> Why not? Wouldn't that be possible in case of the backend living in a
>>> driver domain?
>> It is possible (and in my use-case backend indeed runs in
>> a driver domain). I was just not sure if it is really a
>> good idea to allow that. If you think this is ok, then
>> I'll remove this check
> I don't think the driver should decide that. This would be the job of
> Xen tools IMO.
Agree, will remove
>
> Juergen