Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH WIP 2/6] xen/arm: Introduce xen_guest_init

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Mon Jul 09 2012 - 10:53:27 EST


On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 05:14:41PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> We used to rely on a core_initcall to initialize Xen on ARM, however
> core_initcalls are actually called after early consoles are initialized.
> That means that hvc_xen.c is going to be initialized before Xen.
>
> Given the lack of a better alternative, just call a new Xen
> initialization function (xen_guest_init) from xen_cons_init.
>
> xen_guest_init has to be arch independant, so write both an ARM and an
> x86 implementation. The x86 implementation is currently empty because we
> can be sure that xen_hvm_guest_init is called early enough.
>
> Probably we can get rid of this as soon as we have better DT support.

What is DT?

>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c | 12 ++++++++----
> arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 8 ++++++++
> drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c | 3 +++
> include/xen/xen.h | 2 ++
> 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> index 7d76962..e1c2e4d 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> @@ -127,12 +127,16 @@ out:
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xen_remap_domain_mfn_range);
>
> -void __ref xen_hvm_init_shared_info(void)
> +static void __init xen_hvm_init_shared_info(void)
> {
> int cpu;
> struct xen_add_to_physmap xatp;
> static struct shared_info *shared_info_page = 0;
>
> + /* already setup */
> + if (shared_info_page != 0 && HYPERVISOR_shared_info == shared_info_page)
> + return;
> +
> if (!shared_info_page)
> shared_info_page = (struct shared_info *)
> get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
> @@ -161,11 +165,11 @@ void __ref xen_hvm_init_shared_info(void)
> per_cpu(xen_vcpu, cpu) = &HYPERVISOR_shared_info->vcpu_info[cpu];
> }
> }
> +core_initcall(xen_hvm_init_shared_info);
>
> -static int __init xen_hvm_guest_init(void)
> +int __init xen_guest_init(void)
> {
> xen_hvm_init_shared_info();
> return 0;

Don't you want to do:
return xen_hvm_init_shared_info();

why do we need to return int?
> }
> -
> -core_initcall(xen_hvm_guest_init);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(xen_guest_init);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> index 1f92865..0bad7b5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> @@ -1420,4 +1420,12 @@ const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_xen_hvm __refconst = {
> .init_platform = xen_hvm_guest_init,
> };
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(x86_hyper_xen_hvm);
> +
> +int __init xen_guest_init(void)
> +{
> + /* do nothing: rely on x86_hyper_xen_hvm for the initialization */
> + return 0;
> +
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(xen_guest_init);

_GPL please.


> #endif
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c
> index 3ae96a9..52a98ff 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c
> @@ -578,6 +578,9 @@ static int xen_cons_init(void)
> if (!xen_domain())
> return 0;
>
> + /* retrieve xen infos */
> + xen_guest_init();

So shouldn't this be:
if (xen_guest_init())
return .. something?

> +
> if (xen_initial_domain())
> ops = &dom0_hvc_ops;
> else {
> diff --git a/include/xen/xen.h b/include/xen/xen.h
> index 2c0d3a5..792a4d2 100644
> --- a/include/xen/xen.h
> +++ b/include/xen/xen.h
> @@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ enum xen_domain_type {
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_XEN
> extern enum xen_domain_type xen_domain_type;
> +int xen_guest_init(void);
> #else
> #define xen_domain_type XEN_NATIVE
> +static inline int xen_guest_init(void) { return 0; }
> #endif
>
> #define xen_domain() (xen_domain_type != XEN_NATIVE)
> --
> 1.7.2.5
>
>
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