Re: [PATCH v15 1/4] xen/domain: unify domain ID allocation

[Alejandro Vallejo <alejandro.garciavallejo@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat Aug 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM CEST, dmkhn wrote:
> From: Denis Mukhin <dmukhin@xxxxxxxx> 
>
> Currently, there are two different domain ID allocation implementations:
>
>   1) Sequential IDs allocation in dom0less Arm code based on max_init_domid;
>
>   2) Sequential IDs allocation in XEN_DOMCTL_createdomain; does not use
>      max_init_domid (both Arm and x86).
>
> The domain ID allocation covers dom0 or late hwdom, predefined domains,
> post-boot domains, excluding Xen system domains (domid >=
> DOMID_FIRST_RESERVED).
>
> It makes sense to have a common helper code for such task across architectures
> (Arm and x86) and between dom0less / toolstack domU allocation.
>
> Note, fixing dependency on max_init_domid is out of scope of this patch.
>
> Wrap the domain ID allocation as an arch-independent function domid_alloc() in
> new common/domid.c based on the bitmap.
>
> Allocation algorithm:
> - If an explicit domain ID is provided, verify its availability and use it if
>   ID is not used;
> - If DOMID_INVALID is provided, search the range [1..DOMID_FIRST_RESERVED-1],
>   starting from the last used ID.
>   Implementation guarantees that two consecutive calls will never return the
>   same ID. ID#0 is reserved for the first boot domain (currently, dom0) and
>   excluded from the allocation range.
>
> Remove is_free_domid() helper as it is not needed now.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Denis Mukhin <dmukhin@xxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>

There's a nit below about a change in v14, but with or without that:

  Reviewed-by: Alejandro Vallejo <alejandro.garciavallejo@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> Changes since v14:
> - added Julien's R-b
> ---
>  xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c             |  7 +-
>  xen/arch/x86/setup.c                    |  7 +-
>  xen/common/Makefile                     |  1 +
>  xen/common/device-tree/dom0less-build.c | 15 ++--
>  xen/common/domain.c                     |  2 +
>  xen/common/domctl.c                     | 43 ++---------
>  xen/common/domid.c                      | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  xen/include/xen/domain.h                |  3 +
>  8 files changed, 126 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 xen/common/domid.c
>
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c b/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c
> index 463ae4474d30..789f2b9d3ce7 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c
> @@ -2050,6 +2050,7 @@ void __init create_dom0(void)
>          .grant_opts = XEN_DOMCTL_GRANT_version(opt_gnttab_max_version),
>      };
>      unsigned int flags = CDF_privileged | CDF_hardware;
> +    domid_t domid;
>      int rc;
>  
>      /* The vGIC for DOM0 is exactly emulating the hardware GIC */
> @@ -2074,7 +2075,11 @@ void __init create_dom0(void)
>      if ( !llc_coloring_enabled )
>          flags |= CDF_directmap;
>  
> -    dom0 = domain_create(0, &dom0_cfg, flags);
> +    domid = domid_alloc(0);
> +    if ( domid == DOMID_INVALID )
> +        panic("Error allocating domain ID 0\n");
> +
> +    dom0 = domain_create(domid, &dom0_cfg, flags);
>      if ( IS_ERR(dom0) )
>          panic("Error creating domain 0 (rc = %ld)\n", PTR_ERR(dom0));
>  
> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/setup.c b/xen/arch/x86/setup.c
> index 1543dd251cc6..398da734c0c5 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/setup.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/setup.c
> @@ -1047,8 +1047,11 @@ static struct domain *__init create_dom0(struct 
> boot_info *bi)
>      if ( iommu_enabled )
>          dom0_cfg.flags |= XEN_DOMCTL_CDF_iommu;
>  
> -    /* Create initial domain.  Not d0 for pvshim. */
> -    bd->domid = get_initial_domain_id();
> +    /* Allocate initial domain ID.  Not d0 for pvshim. */
> +    bd->domid = domid_alloc(get_initial_domain_id());
> +    if ( bd->domid == DOMID_INVALID )
> +        panic("Error allocating domain ID %u\n", get_initial_domain_id());
> +
>      d = domain_create(bd->domid, &dom0_cfg,
>                        pv_shim ? 0 : CDF_privileged | CDF_hardware);
>      if ( IS_ERR(d) )
> diff --git a/xen/common/Makefile b/xen/common/Makefile
> index c316957fcb36..0c7d0f5d46e1 100644
> --- a/xen/common/Makefile
> +++ b/xen/common/Makefile
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ obj-$(filter-out $(CONFIG_X86),$(CONFIG_ACPI)) += device.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_DEVICE_TREE_PARSE) += device-tree/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_IOREQ_SERVER) += dm.o
>  obj-y += domain.o
> +obj-y += domid.o
>  obj-y += event_2l.o
>  obj-y += event_channel.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_EVTCHN_FIFO) += event_fifo.o
> diff --git a/xen/common/device-tree/dom0less-build.c 
> b/xen/common/device-tree/dom0less-build.c
> index 6bb038111de9..f4b6b515d2d2 100644
> --- a/xen/common/device-tree/dom0less-build.c
> +++ b/xen/common/device-tree/dom0less-build.c
> @@ -833,6 +833,7 @@ void __init create_domUs(void)
>      {
>          struct kernel_info ki = KERNEL_INFO_INIT;
>          int rc = parse_dom0less_node(node, &ki.bd);
> +        domid_t domid;
>  
>          if ( rc == -ENOENT )
>              continue;
> @@ -842,13 +843,13 @@ void __init create_domUs(void)
>          if ( (max_init_domid + 1) >= DOMID_FIRST_RESERVED )
>              panic("No more domain IDs available\n");
>  
> -        /*
> -         * The variable max_init_domid is initialized with zero, so here it's
> -         * very important to use the pre-increment operator to call
> -         * domain_create() with a domid > 0. (domid == 0 is reserved for 
> Dom0)
> -         */
> -        ki.bd.d = domain_create(++max_init_domid,
> -                                &ki.bd.create_cfg, ki.bd.create_flags);
> +        domid = domid_alloc(DOMID_INVALID);
> +        if ( domid == DOMID_INVALID )
> +            panic("Error allocating ID for domain %s\n", dt_node_name(node));
> +
> +        max_init_domid = max(max_init_domid, domid);
> +
> +        ki.bd.d = domain_create(domid, &ki.bd.create_cfg, 
> ki.bd.create_flags);
>          if ( IS_ERR(ki.bd.d) )
>              panic("Error creating domain %s (rc = %ld)\n",
>                    dt_node_name(node), PTR_ERR(ki.bd.d));
> diff --git a/xen/common/domain.c b/xen/common/domain.c
> index 5241a1629eeb..a7e303253d1a 100644
> --- a/xen/common/domain.c
> +++ b/xen/common/domain.c
> @@ -692,6 +692,8 @@ static void _domain_destroy(struct domain *d)
>  
>      lock_profile_deregister_struct(LOCKPROF_TYPE_PERDOM, d);
>  
> +    domid_free(d->domain_id);
> +
>      free_domain_struct(d);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/xen/common/domctl.c b/xen/common/domctl.c
> index f2a7caaf853c..71e712c1f316 100644
> --- a/xen/common/domctl.c
> +++ b/xen/common/domctl.c
> @@ -51,20 +51,6 @@ static int xenctl_bitmap_to_nodemask(nodemask_t *nodemask,
>                                     MAX_NUMNODES);
>  }
>  
> -static inline int is_free_domid(domid_t dom)
> -{
> -    struct domain *d;
> -
> -    if ( dom >= DOMID_FIRST_RESERVED )
> -        return 0;
> -
> -    if ( (d = rcu_lock_domain_by_id(dom)) == NULL )
> -        return 1;
> -
> -    rcu_unlock_domain(d);
> -    return 0;
> -}
> -
>  void getdomaininfo(struct domain *d, struct xen_domctl_getdomaininfo *info)
>  {
>      struct vcpu *v;
> @@ -423,36 +409,19 @@ long do_domctl(XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_PARAM(xen_domctl_t) 
> u_domctl)
>  
>      case XEN_DOMCTL_createdomain:
>      {
> -        domid_t        dom;
> -        static domid_t rover = 0;
> +        /* NB: ID#0 is reserved, find the first suitable ID instead. */
> +        domid_t domid = domid_alloc(op->domain ?: DOMID_INVALID);
>  
> -        dom = op->domain;
> -        if ( (dom > 0) && (dom < DOMID_FIRST_RESERVED) )
> +        if ( domid == DOMID_INVALID )
>          {
>              ret = -EEXIST;
> -            if ( !is_free_domid(dom) )
> -                break;
> -        }
> -        else
> -        {
> -            for ( dom = rover + 1; dom != rover; dom++ )
> -            {
> -                if ( dom == DOMID_FIRST_RESERVED )
> -                    dom = 1;
> -                if ( is_free_domid(dom) )
> -                    break;
> -            }
> -
> -            ret = -ENOMEM;
> -            if ( dom == rover )
> -                break;
> -
> -            rover = dom;
> +            break;
>          }
>  
> -        d = domain_create(dom, &op->u.createdomain, false);
> +        d = domain_create(domid, &op->u.createdomain, false);
>          if ( IS_ERR(d) )
>          {
> +            domid_free(domid);
>              ret = PTR_ERR(d);
>              d = NULL;
>              break;
> diff --git a/xen/common/domid.c b/xen/common/domid.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..7839a2885810
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/xen/common/domid.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
> +/*
> + * Domain ID allocator.
> + *
> + * Covers dom0 or late hwdom, predefined domains, post-boot domains.
> + * Excludes system domains (ID >= DOMID_FIRST_RESERVED).
> + *
> + * Copyright 2025 Ford Motor Company
> + */
> +
> +#include <xen/domain.h>
> +
> +static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(domid_lock);
> +static DECLARE_BITMAP(domid_bitmap, DOMID_FIRST_RESERVED);
> +
> +/*
> + * Allocate domain ID.
> + *
> + * @param domid Domain ID hint:
> + * - If an explicit domain ID is provided, verify its availability and use it
> + *   if ID is not used;
> + * - If DOMID_INVALID is provided, search [1..DOMID_FIRST_RESERVED-1] range,
> + *   starting from the last used ID. Implementation guarantees that two
> + *   consecutive calls will never return the same ID. ID#0 is reserved for
> + *   the first boot domain (currently, dom0) and excluded from the allocation
> + *   range.
> + * @return Valid domain ID in case of successful allocation,
> + *         DOMID_INVALID - otherwise.
> + */
> +domid_t domid_alloc(domid_t domid)
> +{
> +    static domid_t domid_last;
> +
> +    spin_lock(&domid_lock);
> +
> +    /* Exact match. */
> +    if ( domid < DOMID_FIRST_RESERVED )
> +    {
> +        if ( __test_and_set_bit(domid, domid_bitmap) )
> +            domid = DOMID_INVALID;
> +    }
> +    /*
> +     * Exhaustive search.
> +     *
> +     * Domain ID#0 is reserved for the first boot domain (e.g. control 
> domain)
> +     * and excluded from allocation.
> +     */
> +    else
> +    {
> +        domid_t num = DOMID_FIRST_RESERVED;

nit: s/num/bound/, or something like that.

I don't care much though. If there's not going to be a v16 (and I hope not. The
series has been girdling the mailing list long enough) feel free to ignore this.

> +
> +        domid = find_next_zero_bit(domid_bitmap, , domid_last + 1);
> +        if ( domid == num && domid_last != 0 )
> +        {
> +            num = domid_last + 1;
> +            domid = find_next_zero_bit(domid_bitmap, num, 1);
> +        }
> +
> +        ASSERT(domid <= DOMID_FIRST_RESERVED);
> +        if ( domid < num )
> +        {
> +            __set_bit(domid, domid_bitmap);
> +            domid_last = domid;
> +        }
> +        else
> +            domid = DOMID_INVALID;
> +    }
> +
> +    spin_unlock(&domid_lock);
> +
> +    return domid;
> +}
> +
> +void domid_free(domid_t domid)
> +{
> +    int rc;
> +
> +    ASSERT(domid <= DOMID_FIRST_RESERVED);
> +
> +    spin_lock(&domid_lock);
> +    rc = __test_and_clear_bit(domid, domid_bitmap);
> +    spin_unlock(&domid_lock);
> +
> +    ASSERT(rc);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Local variables:
> + * mode: C
> + * c-file-style: "BSD"
> + * c-basic-offset: 4
> + * tab-width: 4
> + * indent-tabs-mode: nil
> + * End:
> + */
> diff --git a/xen/include/xen/domain.h b/xen/include/xen/domain.h
> index e10baf2615fd..8aab05ae93c8 100644
> --- a/xen/include/xen/domain.h
> +++ b/xen/include/xen/domain.h
> @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ void arch_get_domain_info(const struct domain *d,
>  
>  domid_t get_initial_domain_id(void);
>  
> +domid_t domid_alloc(domid_t domid);
> +void domid_free(domid_t domid);
> +
>  /* CDF_* constant. Internal flags for domain creation. */
>  /* Is this a privileged domain? */
>  #define CDF_privileged           (1U << 0)