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<title>Merge tag 'for-linus-4.4-rc2-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip</title>
<updated>2015-11-26T19:42:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-11-26T19:42:25+00:00</published>
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Pull xen bug fixes from David Vrabel:

 - Fix gntdev and numa balancing.

 - Fix x86 boot crash due to unallocated legacy irq descs.

 - Fix overflow in evtchn device when &gt; 1024 event channels.

* tag 'for-linus-4.4-rc2-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip:
  xen/evtchn: dynamically grow pending event channel ring
  xen/events: Always allocate legacy interrupts on PV guests
  xen/gntdev: Grant maps should not be subject to NUMA balancing
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Pull xen bug fixes from David Vrabel:

 - Fix gntdev and numa balancing.

 - Fix x86 boot crash due to unallocated legacy irq descs.

 - Fix overflow in evtchn device when &gt; 1024 event channels.

* tag 'for-linus-4.4-rc2-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip:
  xen/evtchn: dynamically grow pending event channel ring
  xen/events: Always allocate legacy interrupts on PV guests
  xen/gntdev: Grant maps should not be subject to NUMA balancing
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<title>xen/evtchn: dynamically grow pending event channel ring</title>
<updated>2015-11-26T18:49:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Vrabel</name>
<email>david.vrabel@citrix.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-11-26T16:14:35+00:00</published>
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If more than 1024 event channels are bound to a evtchn device then it
possible (even with well behaved applications) for the ring to
overflow and events to be lost (reported as an -EFBIG error).

Dynamically increase the size of the ring so there is always enough
space for all bound events.  Well behaved applicables that only unmask
events after draining them from the ring can thus no longer lose
events.

However, an application could unmask an event before draining it,
allowing multiple entries per port to accumulate in the ring, and a
overflow could still occur.  So the overflow detection and reporting
is retained.

The ring size is initially only 64 entries so the common use case of
an application only binding a few events will use less memory than
before.  The ring size may grow to 512 KiB (enough for all 2^17
possible channels).  This order 7 kmalloc() may fail due to memory
fragmentation, so we fall back to trying vmalloc().

Signed-off-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper &lt;andrew.cooper3@citrix.com&gt;
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If more than 1024 event channels are bound to a evtchn device then it
possible (even with well behaved applications) for the ring to
overflow and events to be lost (reported as an -EFBIG error).

Dynamically increase the size of the ring so there is always enough
space for all bound events.  Well behaved applicables that only unmask
events after draining them from the ring can thus no longer lose
events.

However, an application could unmask an event before draining it,
allowing multiple entries per port to accumulate in the ring, and a
overflow could still occur.  So the overflow detection and reporting
is retained.

The ring size is initially only 64 entries so the common use case of
an application only binding a few events will use less memory than
before.  The ring size may grow to 512 KiB (enough for all 2^17
possible channels).  This order 7 kmalloc() may fail due to memory
fragmentation, so we fall back to trying vmalloc().

Signed-off-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper &lt;andrew.cooper3@citrix.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>xen/events: Always allocate legacy interrupts on PV guests</title>
<updated>2015-11-26T18:05:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Boris Ostrovsky</name>
<email>boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-11-20T16:25:04+00:00</published>
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After commit 8c058b0b9c34 ("x86/irq: Probe for PIC presence before
allocating descs for legacy IRQs") early_irq_init() will no longer
preallocate descriptors for legacy interrupts if PIC does not
exist, which is the case for Xen PV guests.

Therefore we may need to allocate those descriptors ourselves.

Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky &lt;boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
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After commit 8c058b0b9c34 ("x86/irq: Probe for PIC presence before
allocating descs for legacy IRQs") early_irq_init() will no longer
preallocate descriptors for legacy interrupts if PIC does not
exist, which is the case for Xen PV guests.

Therefore we may need to allocate those descriptors ourselves.

Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky &lt;boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
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<title>xen/gntdev: Grant maps should not be subject to NUMA balancing</title>
<updated>2015-11-26T17:47:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Boris Ostrovsky</name>
<email>boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-11-10T20:10:33+00:00</published>
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Doing so will cause the grant to be unmapped and then, during
fault handling, the fault to be mistakenly treated as NUMA hint
fault.

In addition, even if those maps could partcipate in NUMA
balancing, it wouldn't provide any benefit since we are unable
to determine physical page's node (even if/when VNUMA is
implemented).

Marking grant maps' VMAs as VM_IO will exclude them from being
part of NUMA balancing.

Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky &lt;boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
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Doing so will cause the grant to be unmapped and then, during
fault handling, the fault to be mistakenly treated as NUMA hint
fault.

In addition, even if those maps could partcipate in NUMA
balancing, it wouldn't provide any benefit since we are unable
to determine physical page's node (even if/when VNUMA is
implemented).

Marking grant maps' VMAs as VM_IO will exclude them from being
part of NUMA balancing.

Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky &lt;boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending</title>
<updated>2015-11-14T04:04:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-11-14T04:04:17+00:00</published>
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Pull SCSI target updates from Nicholas Bellinger:
 "This series contains HCH's changes to absorb configfs attribute
  -&gt;show() + -&gt;store() function pointer usage from it's original
  tree-wide consumers, into common configfs code.

  It includes usb-gadget, target w/ drivers, netconsole and ocfs2
  changes to realize the improved simplicity, that now renders the
  original include/target/configfs_macros.h CPP magic for fabric drivers
  and others, unnecessary and obsolete.

  And with common code in place, new configfs attributes can be added
  easier than ever before.

  Note, there are further improvements in-flight from other folks for
  v4.5 code in configfs land, plus number of target fixes for post -rc1
  code"

In the meantime, a new user of the now-removed old configfs API came in
through the char/misc tree in commit 7bd1d4093c2f ("stm class: Introduce
an abstraction for System Trace Module devices").

This merge resolution comes from Alexander Shishkin, who updated his stm
class tracing abstraction to account for the removal of the old
show_attribute and store_attribute methods in commit 517982229f78
("configfs: remove old API") from this pull.  As Alexander says about
that patch:

 "There's no need to keep an extra wrapper structure per item and the
  awkward show_attribute/store_attribute item ops are no longer needed.

  This patch converts policy code to the new api, all the while making
  the code quite a bit smaller and easier on the eyes.

  Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin &lt;alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com&gt;"

That patch was folded into the merge so that the tree should be fully
bisectable.

* 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending: (23 commits)
  configfs: remove old API
  ocfs2/cluster: use per-attribute show and store methods
  ocfs2/cluster: move locking into attribute store methods
  netconsole: use per-attribute show and store methods
  target: use per-attribute show and store methods
  spear13xx_pcie_gadget: use per-attribute show and store methods
  dlm: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_serial: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_phonet: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_obex: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_uac2: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_uac1: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_mass_storage: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_sourcesink: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_printer: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_midi: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_loopback: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/ether: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_acm: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_hid: use per-attribute show and store methods
  ...
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Pull SCSI target updates from Nicholas Bellinger:
 "This series contains HCH's changes to absorb configfs attribute
  -&gt;show() + -&gt;store() function pointer usage from it's original
  tree-wide consumers, into common configfs code.

  It includes usb-gadget, target w/ drivers, netconsole and ocfs2
  changes to realize the improved simplicity, that now renders the
  original include/target/configfs_macros.h CPP magic for fabric drivers
  and others, unnecessary and obsolete.

  And with common code in place, new configfs attributes can be added
  easier than ever before.

  Note, there are further improvements in-flight from other folks for
  v4.5 code in configfs land, plus number of target fixes for post -rc1
  code"

In the meantime, a new user of the now-removed old configfs API came in
through the char/misc tree in commit 7bd1d4093c2f ("stm class: Introduce
an abstraction for System Trace Module devices").

This merge resolution comes from Alexander Shishkin, who updated his stm
class tracing abstraction to account for the removal of the old
show_attribute and store_attribute methods in commit 517982229f78
("configfs: remove old API") from this pull.  As Alexander says about
that patch:

 "There's no need to keep an extra wrapper structure per item and the
  awkward show_attribute/store_attribute item ops are no longer needed.

  This patch converts policy code to the new api, all the while making
  the code quite a bit smaller and easier on the eyes.

  Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin &lt;alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com&gt;"

That patch was folded into the merge so that the tree should be fully
bisectable.

* 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending: (23 commits)
  configfs: remove old API
  ocfs2/cluster: use per-attribute show and store methods
  ocfs2/cluster: move locking into attribute store methods
  netconsole: use per-attribute show and store methods
  target: use per-attribute show and store methods
  spear13xx_pcie_gadget: use per-attribute show and store methods
  dlm: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_serial: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_phonet: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_obex: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_uac2: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_uac1: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_mass_storage: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_sourcesink: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_printer: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_midi: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_loopback: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/ether: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_acm: use per-attribute show and store methods
  usb-gadget/f_hid: use per-attribute show and store methods
  ...
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<entry>
<title>xen, cpu_hotplug: call device_offline instead of cpu_down</title>
<updated>2015-10-23T13:20:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stefano Stabellini</name>
<email>stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-10-22T16:21:46+00:00</published>
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When offlining a cpu, instead of cpu_down, call device_offline, which
also takes care of updating the cpu.dev.offline field. This keeps the
sysfs file /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuN/online, up to date.  Also move
the call to disable_hotplug_cpu, because it makes more sense to have it
there.

We don't call device_online at cpu-hotplug time, because that would
immediately take the cpu online, while we want to retain the current
behaviour: the user needs to explicitly enable the cpu after it has
been hotplugged.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky &lt;boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com&gt;
CC: konrad.wilk@oracle.com
CC: boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com
CC: david.vrabel@citrix.com
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When offlining a cpu, instead of cpu_down, call device_offline, which
also takes care of updating the cpu.dev.offline field. This keeps the
sysfs file /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuN/online, up to date.  Also move
the call to disable_hotplug_cpu, because it makes more sense to have it
there.

We don't call device_online at cpu-hotplug time, because that would
immediately take the cpu online, while we want to retain the current
behaviour: the user needs to explicitly enable the cpu after it has
been hotplugged.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky &lt;boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com&gt;
CC: konrad.wilk@oracle.com
CC: boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com
CC: david.vrabel@citrix.com
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<entry>
<title>xen/arm: Enable cpu_hotplug.c</title>
<updated>2015-10-23T13:20:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stefano Stabellini</name>
<email>stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-10-22T16:20:46+00:00</published>
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Build cpu_hotplug for ARM and ARM64 guests.

Rename arch_(un)register_cpu to xen_(un)register_cpu and provide an
empty implementation on ARM and ARM64. On x86 just call
arch_(un)register_cpu as we are already doing.

Initialize cpu_hotplug on ARM.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Julien Grall &lt;julien.grall@citrix.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky &lt;boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com&gt;
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Build cpu_hotplug for ARM and ARM64 guests.

Rename arch_(un)register_cpu to xen_(un)register_cpu and provide an
empty implementation on ARM and ARM64. On x86 just call
arch_(un)register_cpu as we are already doing.

Initialize cpu_hotplug on ARM.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Julien Grall &lt;julien.grall@citrix.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky &lt;boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>xenbus: Support multiple grants ring with 64KB</title>
<updated>2015-10-23T13:20:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Julien Grall</name>
<email>julien.grall@citrix.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-10-13T16:50:13+00:00</published>
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The PV ring may use multiple grants and expect them to be mapped
contiguously in the virtual memory.

Although, the current code is relying on a Linux page will be mapped to
a single grant. On build where Linux is using a different page size than
the grant (i.e other than 4KB), the grant will always be mapped on the
first 4KB of each Linux page which make the final ring not contiguous in
the memory.

This can be fixed by mapping multiple grant in a same Linux page.

Signed-off-by: Julien Grall &lt;julien.grall@citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
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The PV ring may use multiple grants and expect them to be mapped
contiguously in the virtual memory.

Although, the current code is relying on a Linux page will be mapped to
a single grant. On build where Linux is using a different page size than
the grant (i.e other than 4KB), the grant will always be mapped on the
first 4KB of each Linux page which make the final ring not contiguous in
the memory.

This can be fixed by mapping multiple grant in a same Linux page.

Signed-off-by: Julien Grall &lt;julien.grall@citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>xen/grant-table: Add an helper to iterate over a specific number of grants</title>
<updated>2015-10-23T13:20:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Julien Grall</name>
<email>julien.grall@citrix.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-10-13T16:50:12+00:00</published>
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With the 64KB page granularity support on ARM64, a Linux page may be
split accross multiple grant.

Currently we have the helper gnttab_foreach_grant_in_grant to break a
Linux page based on an offset and a len, but it doesn't fit when we only
have a number of grants in hand.

Introduce a new helper which take an array of Linux page and a number of
grant and will figure out the address of each grant.

Signed-off-by: Julien Grall &lt;julien.grall@citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
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With the 64KB page granularity support on ARM64, a Linux page may be
split accross multiple grant.

Currently we have the helper gnttab_foreach_grant_in_grant to break a
Linux page based on an offset and a len, but it doesn't fit when we only
have a number of grants in hand.

Introduce a new helper which take an array of Linux page and a number of
grant and will figure out the address of each grant.

Signed-off-by: Julien Grall &lt;julien.grall@citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>xen/xenbus: Rename *RING_PAGE* to *RING_GRANT*</title>
<updated>2015-10-23T13:20:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Julien Grall</name>
<email>julien.grall@citrix.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-10-13T16:50:11+00:00</published>
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Linux may use a different page size than the size of grant. So make
clear that the order is actually in number of grant.

Signed-off-by: Julien Grall &lt;julien.grall@citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
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Linux may use a different page size than the size of grant. So make
clear that the order is actually in number of grant.

Signed-off-by: Julien Grall &lt;julien.grall@citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
</pre>
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