Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 6/7] vm-event/arm: move hvm_event_cr->common vm_event_monitor_cr

[Corneliu ZUZU <czuzu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/17/2016 11:25 AM, Corneliu ZUZU wrote:
> On 6/16/2016 6:16 PM, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > > > > On 16.06.16 at 16:12, <czuzu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Prepare for ARM implementation of control-register write vm-events 
> > > by moving
> > > X86-specific hvm_event_cr to the common-side.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Corneliu ZUZU <czuzu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >   xen/arch/x86/hvm/event.c        | 30 ------------------------------
> > >   xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c          |  2 +-
> > >   xen/arch/x86/monitor.c          | 37 
> > > -------------------------------------
> > >   xen/arch/x86/vm_event.c         |  2 +-
> > >   xen/common/monitor.c            | 40 
> > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >   xen/common/vm_event.c           | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >   xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/event.h | 13 ++++---------
> > >   xen/include/asm-x86/monitor.h   |  2 --
> > >   xen/include/xen/monitor.h       |  4 ++++
> > >   xen/include/xen/vm_event.h      | 10 ++++++++++
> > >   10 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)
> > Considering that there's no ARM file getting altered here at all,
> > mentioning ARM in the subject is a little odd.
> This patch and the following one should be meld together.
> I only split them to ease reviewing, sorry I forgot to mention that in 
> the cover letter.
> > > --- a/xen/common/monitor.c
> > > +++ b/xen/common/monitor.c
> > > @@ -62,6 +62,46 @@ int monitor_domctl(struct domain *d, struct 
> > > xen_domctl_monitor_op *mop)
> > >         switch ( mop->event )
> > >       {
> > > +#if CONFIG_X86
> > #ifdef please.
> Ack.
> > > +    case XEN_DOMCTL_MONITOR_EVENT_WRITE_CTRLREG:
> > > +    {
> > > +        struct arch_domain *ad = &d->arch;
> > Peeking into the next patch I see that this stays there. Common code,
> > however, shouldn't access ->arch sub-structures - respective fields
> > should be moved out.
> Then we need to find a resolution that avoids code duplication.
> The code is the same, but those bits that are currently on the arch 
> side (arch.monitor.write_ctrlreg_*) cannot be moved to common as they 
> are, since their -number- might differ from arch-to-arch.
> But we could:
> - in public/vm_event.h, besides the VM_EVENT_X86_* and VM_EVENT_ARM_* 
> defines (wcr index), also have
>     #define VM_EVENT_X86_CR_COUNT        4
>     #define VM_EVENT_ARM_CR_COUNT      4
> - move the 3 write_ctrlreg_{enabled,sync,onchangeonly} fields from 
> arch_domain to domain (common) and make them 8-bits wide each for now 
> (widened more in the future if the need arises)
> - let monitor_ctrlreg_bitmask() macro to be architecture-dependent and 
> use the introduced VM_EVENT_<arch>_CR_COUNT
> Tamas, we also talked on this matter @ some point (when I sent the 
> patches that moved vm-event parts to common). What do you think of the 
> above? 
Tamas, Jan, thoughts on this?

Corneliu.

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