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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 17/24] xen: allow privcmd for HVM guests



>>> On 26.07.12 at 17:33, Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>> wrote:
> In order for privcmd mmap to work correctly, xen_remap_domain_mfn_range
> needs to be implemented for HVM guests.
> If it is not, mmap is going to fail later on.

Somehow, for me at least, this description doesn't connect to the
actual change.

> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/xen/privcmd.c |    4 ----
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/xen/privcmd.c b/drivers/xen/privcmd.c
> index ccee0f1..85226cb 100644
> --- a/drivers/xen/privcmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/xen/privcmd.c
> @@ -380,10 +380,6 @@ static struct vm_operations_struct privcmd_vm_ops = {
>  
>  static int privcmd_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  {
> -     /* Unsupported for auto-translate guests. */
> -     if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
> -             return -ENOSYS;
> -

Is this safe on x86?

Jan

>       /* DONTCOPY is essential for Xen because copy_page_range doesn't know
>        * how to recreate these mappings */
>       vma->vm_flags |= VM_RESERVED | VM_IO | VM_DONTCOPY | VM_PFNMAP;



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