linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/9] xen/x86: make "earlyprintk=xen" work better for PVH Dom0

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Message-ID: <ecf17c7b-09a4-29a7-6951-1e0b0dda3c67@suse.com>
Date:   Tue, 7 Sep 2021 12:09:12 +0200
From:   Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc:     Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
        "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] xen/x86: make "earlyprintk=xen" work better for PVH Dom0

The xen_hvm_early_write() path better wouldn't be taken in this case;
while port 0xE9 can be used, the hypercall path is quite a bit more
efficient. Put that first, as it may also work for DomU-s (see also
xen_raw_console_write()).

While there also bail from the function when the first
domU_write_console() failed - later ones aren't going to succeed.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>

--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c
@@ -632,17 +632,16 @@ static void xenboot_write_console(struct
 	unsigned int linelen, off = 0;
 	const char *pos;
 
+	if (dom0_write_console(0, string, len) >= 0)
+		return;
+
 	if (!xen_pv_domain()) {
 		xen_hvm_early_write(0, string, len);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	dom0_write_console(0, string, len);
-
-	if (xen_initial_domain())
+	if (domU_write_console(0, "(early) ", 8) < 0)
 		return;
-
-	domU_write_console(0, "(early) ", 8);
 	while (off < len && NULL != (pos = strchr(string+off, '\n'))) {
 		linelen = pos-string+off;
 		if (off + linelen > len)