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Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] exec: Check Xen is enabled before calling the Xen API



Hi Juan,

On 5/8/20 10:39 AM, Juan Quintela wrote:
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
  include/exec/ram_addr.h | 8 ++++++--
  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/exec/ram_addr.h b/include/exec/ram_addr.h
index 5e59a3d8d7..dd8713179e 100644
--- a/include/exec/ram_addr.h
+++ b/include/exec/ram_addr.h
@@ -330,7 +330,9 @@ static inline void 
cpu_physical_memory_set_dirty_range(ram_addr_t start,
          }
      }
- xen_hvm_modified_memory(start, length);
+    if (xen_enabled()) {
+        xen_hvm_modified_memory(start, length);
+    }
  }
#if !defined(_WIN32)
@@ -388,7 +390,9 @@ static inline void 
cpu_physical_memory_set_dirty_lebitmap(unsigned long *bitmap,
              }
          }
- xen_hvm_modified_memory(start, pages << TARGET_PAGE_BITS);
+        if (xen_enabled()) {
+            xen_hvm_modified_memory(start, pages << TARGET_PAGE_BITS);
+        }
      } else {
          uint8_t clients = tcg_enabled() ? DIRTY_CLIENTS_ALL : 
DIRTY_CLIENTS_NOCODE;

I don't object moving the xen code to accell.  But I think that this
change is bad.

On the following patch:
- You export xen_allowed
   (ok, it was already exported, but I think it shouldn't)

(master)$ find . -type f | xargs grep xen_allowed
./hw/xen/xen-common.c:    ac->allowed = &xen_allowed;
./include/hw/xen/xen.h:extern bool xen_allowed;
./include/hw/xen/xen.h:    return xen_allowed;
./softmmu/vl.c:bool xen_allowed;

This are all the users that I can find.

And xen_havm_modified_memory() is an empty function if xen is not
compiled in.  And in the case that xen is compiled in, the 1st thing
that it checks is:

    if (unlikely(xen_in_migration)) {

That is way more restrictive that xen_enabled().

So, I think that it is better to drop this patch, maintain next one, but
just un-exporting xen_allowed.

What do you think?

I blindly trust your judgement on this :) I'd rather not touch this code but as it happens to be in "exec/ram_addr.h" I had to modify it.

Thanks for your reviews!


Later, Juan.






 


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