Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v9 1/5] xen/x86: Make hap_get_allocation accessible

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 24.02.2020 16:20, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 10:49:19AM -0800, Tamas K Lengyel wrote:
>> During VM forking we'll copy the parent domain's parameters to the client,
>> including the HAP shadow memory setting that is used for storing the domain's
>> EPT. We'll copy this in the hypervisor instead doing it during toolstack 
>> launch
>> to allow the domain to start executing and unsharing memory before (or
>> even completely without) the toolstack.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tamas K Lengyel <tamas.lengyel@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>

And with maintainership now having changed

Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

> I would also be fine with this merged into the respective patch where
> hap_get_allocation gets called.

Indeed that's the reason why this hasn't gone in yet, I think.
There's no use from putting it in without also putting in the
patch where this is actually needed. In fact it introduces a
"stray lack of static" instance until then, which typically we
try to clean up.

Jan

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