Re: [PATCH v12 11/18] xen/pvh: Piggyback on PVHVM for event channels(v2)

[Stefano Stabellini]

On Tue, 31 Dec 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> From: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> PVH is a PV guest with a twist - there are certain things
> that work in it like HVM and some like PV. There is
> a similar mode - PVHVM where we run in HVM mode with
> PV code enabled - and this patch explores that.
> 
> The most notable PV interfaces are the XenBus and event channels.
> 
> We will piggyback on how the event channel mechanism is
> used in PVHVM - that is we want the normal native IRQ mechanism
> and we will install a vector (hvm callback) for which we
> will call the event channel mechanism.
> 
> This means that from a pvops perspective, we can use
> native_irq_ops instead of the Xen PV specific. Albeit in the
> future we could support pirq_eoi_map. But that is
> a feature request that can be shared with PVHVM.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/xen/irq.c   |  5 ++++-
>  drivers/xen/events.c | 16 ++++++++++------
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/irq.c b/arch/x86/xen/irq.c
> index 0da7f86..76ca326 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/irq.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/irq.c
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>  #include <xen/interface/xen.h>
>  #include <xen/interface/sched.h>
>  #include <xen/interface/vcpu.h>
> +#include <xen/features.h>
>  #include <xen/events.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
> @@ -128,6 +129,8 @@ static const struct pv_irq_ops xen_irq_ops __initconst = {
>  
>  void __init xen_init_irq_ops(void)
>  {
> -	pv_irq_ops = xen_irq_ops;
> +	/* For PVH we use default pv_irq_ops settings. */
> +	if (!xen_feature(XENFEAT_hvm_callback_vector))
> +		pv_irq_ops = xen_irq_ops;
>  	x86_init.irqs.intr_init = xen_init_IRQ;
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/xen/events.c b/drivers/xen/events.c
> index 4035e83..bf8fb29 100644
> --- a/drivers/xen/events.c
> +++ b/drivers/xen/events.c
> @@ -1908,20 +1908,24 @@ void __init xen_init_IRQ(void)
>  	pirq_needs_eoi = pirq_needs_eoi_flag;
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86
> -	if (xen_hvm_domain()) {
> +	if (xen_pv_domain()) {
> +		irq_ctx_init(smp_processor_id());
> +		if (xen_initial_domain())
> +			pci_xen_initial_domain();
> +	}
> +	if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_hvm_callback_vector))
>  		xen_callback_vector();
> +
> +	if (xen_hvm_domain()) {
>  		native_init_IRQ();
>  		/* pci_xen_hvm_init must be called after native_init_IRQ so that
>  		 * __acpi_register_gsi can point at the right function */
>  		pci_xen_hvm_init();
> -	} else {
> +	} else if (!xen_pvh_domain()) {
> +		/* TODO: No PVH support for PIRQ EOI */
>  		int rc;
>  		struct physdev_pirq_eoi_gmfn eoi_gmfn;
>  
> -		irq_ctx_init(smp_processor_id());
> -		if (xen_initial_domain())
> -			pci_xen_initial_domain();

We already have a mechanism to identify whether
PHYSDEVOP_pirq_eoi_gmfn_v2 is available or not. Can't we just rely on
that?


>  		pirq_eoi_map = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
>  		eoi_gmfn.gmfn = virt_to_mfn(pirq_eoi_map);
>  		rc = HYPERVISOR_physdev_op(PHYSDEVOP_pirq_eoi_gmfn_v2, &eoi_gmfn);
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1
> 
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