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Re: [XEN PATCH v5 02/13] x86/monitor: guard altp2m usage


  • To: Sergiy Kibrik <Sergiy_Kibrik@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: Tamas K Lengyel <tamas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:35:19 -0400
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On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 6:18 AM Sergiy Kibrik <Sergiy_Kibrik@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Explicitly check whether altp2m is on for domain when getting altp2m index.
> If explicit call to altp2m_active() always returns false, DCE will remove
> call to altp2m_vcpu_idx().
>
> p2m_get_mem_access() expects 0 as altp2m_idx parameter when altp2m not active
> or not supported, so 0 is a fallback value then.
>
> The puspose of that is later to be able to disable altp2m support and

"purpose" misspelled here

> exclude its code from the build completely, when not supported by target
> platform (as of now it's supported for VT-d only).

Probably wanted to say "VT-x only" here

>
> Also all other calls to altp2m_vcpu_idx() are guarded by altp2m_active(), so
> this change puts usage of this routine in line with the rest of code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sergiy Kibrik <Sergiy_Kibrik@xxxxxxxx>

With the commit message fixed (probably could be done when applied):
Acked-by: Tamas K Lengyel <tamas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>



 


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