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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'stable/for-linus-3.14-rc1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip</title>
<updated>2014-02-06T00:01:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-02-06T00:01:11+00:00</published>
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Pull Xen fixes from Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk:
 "Bug-fixes:
   - Revert "xen/grant-table: Avoid m2p_override during mapping" as it
     broke Xen ARM build.
   - Fix CR4 not being set on AP processors in Xen PVH mode"

* tag 'stable/for-linus-3.14-rc1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip:
  xen/pvh: set CR4 flags for APs
  Revert "xen/grant-table: Avoid m2p_override during mapping"
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Pull Xen fixes from Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk:
 "Bug-fixes:
   - Revert "xen/grant-table: Avoid m2p_override during mapping" as it
     broke Xen ARM build.
   - Fix CR4 not being set on AP processors in Xen PVH mode"

* tag 'stable/for-linus-3.14-rc1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip:
  xen/pvh: set CR4 flags for APs
  Revert "xen/grant-table: Avoid m2p_override during mapping"
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Revert "xen/grant-table: Avoid m2p_override during mapping"</title>
<updated>2014-02-03T11:44:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk</name>
<email>konrad.wilk@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-02-03T11:43:59+00:00</published>
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This reverts commit 08ece5bb2312b4510b161a6ef6682f37f4eac8a1.

As it breaks ARM builds and needs more attention
on the ARM side.

Acked-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
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This reverts commit 08ece5bb2312b4510b161a6ef6682f37f4eac8a1.

As it breaks ARM builds and needs more attention
on the ARM side.

Acked-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'stable/for-linus-3.14-rc0-late-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip</title>
<updated>2014-01-31T16:38:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-01-31T16:38:18+00:00</published>
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Pull Xen bugfixes from Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk:
 "Bug-fixes for the new features that were added during this cycle.

  There are also two fixes for long-standing issues for which we have a
  solution: grant-table operations extra work that was not needed
  causing performance issues and the self balloon code was too
  aggressive causing OOMs.

  Details:
   - Xen ARM couldn't use the new FIFO events
   - Xen ARM couldn't use the SWIOTLB if compiled as 32-bit with 64-bit PCIe devices.
   - Grant table were doing needless M2P operations.
   - Ratchet down the self-balloon code so it won't OOM.
   - Fix misplaced kfree in Xen PVH error code paths"

* tag 'stable/for-linus-3.14-rc0-late-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip:
  xen/pvh: Fix misplaced kfree from xlated_setup_gnttab_pages
  drivers: xen: deaggressive selfballoon driver
  xen/grant-table: Avoid m2p_override during mapping
  xen/gnttab: Use phys_addr_t to describe the grant frame base address
  xen: swiotlb: handle sizeof(dma_addr_t) != sizeof(phys_addr_t)
  arm/xen: Initialize event channels earlier
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Pull Xen bugfixes from Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk:
 "Bug-fixes for the new features that were added during this cycle.

  There are also two fixes for long-standing issues for which we have a
  solution: grant-table operations extra work that was not needed
  causing performance issues and the self balloon code was too
  aggressive causing OOMs.

  Details:
   - Xen ARM couldn't use the new FIFO events
   - Xen ARM couldn't use the SWIOTLB if compiled as 32-bit with 64-bit PCIe devices.
   - Grant table were doing needless M2P operations.
   - Ratchet down the self-balloon code so it won't OOM.
   - Fix misplaced kfree in Xen PVH error code paths"

* tag 'stable/for-linus-3.14-rc0-late-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip:
  xen/pvh: Fix misplaced kfree from xlated_setup_gnttab_pages
  drivers: xen: deaggressive selfballoon driver
  xen/grant-table: Avoid m2p_override during mapping
  xen/gnttab: Use phys_addr_t to describe the grant frame base address
  xen: swiotlb: handle sizeof(dma_addr_t) != sizeof(phys_addr_t)
  arm/xen: Initialize event channels earlier
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<entry>
<title>xen/grant-table: Avoid m2p_override during mapping</title>
<updated>2014-01-31T14:48:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zoltan Kiss</name>
<email>zoltan.kiss@citrix.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-01-23T21:23:44+00:00</published>
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The grant mapping API does m2p_override unnecessarily: only gntdev needs it,
for blkback and future netback patches it just cause a lock contention, as
those pages never go to userspace. Therefore this series does the following:
- the original functions were renamed to __gnttab_[un]map_refs, with a new
  parameter m2p_override
- based on m2p_override either they follow the original behaviour, or just set
  the private flag and call set_phys_to_machine
- gnttab_[un]map_refs are now a wrapper to call __gnttab_[un]map_refs with
  m2p_override false
- a new function gnttab_[un]map_refs_userspace provides the old behaviour

It also removes a stray space from page.h and change ret to 0 if
XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap, as that is the only possible return value
there.

v2:
- move the storing of the old mfn in page-&gt;index to gnttab_map_refs
- move the function header update to a separate patch

v3:
- a new approach to retain old behaviour where it needed
- squash the patches into one

v4:
- move out the common bits from m2p* functions, and pass pfn/mfn as parameter
- clear page-&gt;private before doing anything with the page, so m2p_find_override
  won't race with this

v5:
- change return value handling in __gnttab_[un]map_refs
- remove a stray space in page.h
- add detail why ret = 0 now at some places

v6:
- don't pass pfn to m2p* functions, just get it locally

Signed-off-by: Zoltan Kiss &lt;zoltan.kiss@citrix.com&gt;
Suggested-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
Acked-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
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The grant mapping API does m2p_override unnecessarily: only gntdev needs it,
for blkback and future netback patches it just cause a lock contention, as
those pages never go to userspace. Therefore this series does the following:
- the original functions were renamed to __gnttab_[un]map_refs, with a new
  parameter m2p_override
- based on m2p_override either they follow the original behaviour, or just set
  the private flag and call set_phys_to_machine
- gnttab_[un]map_refs are now a wrapper to call __gnttab_[un]map_refs with
  m2p_override false
- a new function gnttab_[un]map_refs_userspace provides the old behaviour

It also removes a stray space from page.h and change ret to 0 if
XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap, as that is the only possible return value
there.

v2:
- move the storing of the old mfn in page-&gt;index to gnttab_map_refs
- move the function header update to a separate patch

v3:
- a new approach to retain old behaviour where it needed
- squash the patches into one

v4:
- move out the common bits from m2p* functions, and pass pfn/mfn as parameter
- clear page-&gt;private before doing anything with the page, so m2p_find_override
  won't race with this

v5:
- change return value handling in __gnttab_[un]map_refs
- remove a stray space in page.h
- add detail why ret = 0 now at some places

v6:
- don't pass pfn to m2p* functions, just get it locally

Signed-off-by: Zoltan Kiss &lt;zoltan.kiss@citrix.com&gt;
Suggested-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
Acked-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>xen/gnttab: Use phys_addr_t to describe the grant frame base address</title>
<updated>2014-01-30T12:56:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Julien Grall</name>
<email>julien.grall@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-01-30T12:56:34+00:00</published>
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On ARM, address size can be 32 bits or 64 bits (if CONFIG_ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
is enabled).
We can't assume that the grant frame base address will always fits in an
unsigned long. Use phys_addr_t instead of unsigned long as argument for
gnttab_setup_auto_xlat_frames.

Signed-off-by: Julien Grall &lt;julien.grall@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com&gt;
Acked-by: Ian Campbell &lt;ian.campbell@citrix.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
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On ARM, address size can be 32 bits or 64 bits (if CONFIG_ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
is enabled).
We can't assume that the grant frame base address will always fits in an
unsigned long. Use phys_addr_t instead of unsigned long as argument for
gnttab_setup_auto_xlat_frames.

Signed-off-by: Julien Grall &lt;julien.grall@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com&gt;
Acked-by: Ian Campbell &lt;ian.campbell@citrix.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Vrabel &lt;david.vrabel@citrix.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'stable/for-linus-3.14-rc0-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip</title>
<updated>2014-01-23T06:00:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-01-23T06:00:18+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=84621c9b18d0bb6cb267e3395c7f3131ecf4d39c'/>
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Pull Xen updates from Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk:
 "Two major features that Xen community is excited about:

  The first is event channel scalability by David Vrabel - we switch
  over from an two-level per-cpu bitmap of events (IRQs) - to an FIFO
  queue with priorities.  This lets us be able to handle more events,
  have lower latency, and better scalability.  Good stuff.

  The other is PVH by Mukesh Rathor.  In short, PV is a mode where the
  kernel lets the hypervisor program page-tables, segments, etc.  With
  EPT/NPT capabilities in current processors, the overhead of doing this
  in an HVM (Hardware Virtual Machine) container is much lower than the
  hypervisor doing it for us.

  In short we let a PV guest run without doing page-table, segment,
  syscall, etc updates through the hypervisor - instead it is all done
  within the guest container.  It is a "hybrid" PV - hence the 'PVH'
  name - a PV guest within an HVM container.

  The major benefits are less code to deal with - for example we only
  use one function from the the pv_mmu_ops (which has 39 function
  calls); faster performance for syscall (no context switches into the
  hypervisor); less traps on various operations; etc.

  It is still being baked - the ABI is not yet set in stone.  But it is
  pretty awesome and we are excited about it.

  Lastly, there are some changes to ARM code - you should get a simple
  conflict which has been resolved in #linux-next.

  In short, this pull has awesome features.

  Features:
   - FIFO event channels.  Key advantages: support for over 100,000
     events (2^17), 16 different event priorities, improved fairness in
     event latency through the use of FIFOs.
   - Xen PVH support.  "It’s a fully PV kernel mode, running with
     paravirtualized disk and network, paravirtualized interrupts and
     timers, no emulated devices of any kind (and thus no qemu), no BIOS
     or legacy boot — but instead of requiring PV MMU, it uses the HVM
     hardware extensions to virtualize the pagetables, as well as system
     calls and other privileged operations." (from "The
     Paravirtualization Spectrum, Part 2: From poles to a spectrum")

  Bug-fixes:
   - Fixes in balloon driver (refactor and make it work under ARM)
   - Allow xenfb to be used in HVM guests.
   - Allow xen_platform_pci=0 to work properly.
   - Refactors in event channels"

* tag 'stable/for-linus-3.14-rc0-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip: (52 commits)
  xen/pvh: Set X86_CR0_WP and others in CR0 (v2)
  MAINTAINERS: add git repository for Xen
  xen/pvh: Use 'depend' instead of 'select'.
  xen: delete new instances of __cpuinit usage
  xen/fb: allow xenfb initialization for hvm guests
  xen/evtchn_fifo: fix error return code in evtchn_fifo_setup()
  xen-platform: fix error return code in platform_pci_init()
  xen/pvh: remove duplicated include from enlighten.c
  xen/pvh: Fix compile issues with xen_pvh_domain()
  xen: Use dev_is_pci() to check whether it is pci device
  xen/grant-table: Force to use v1 of grants.
  xen/pvh: Support ParaVirtualized Hardware extensions (v3).
  xen/pvh: Piggyback on PVHVM XenBus.
  xen/pvh: Piggyback on PVHVM for grant driver (v4)
  xen/grant: Implement an grant frame array struct (v3).
  xen/grant-table: Refactor gnttab_init
  xen/grants: Remove gnttab_max_grant_frames dependency on gnttab_init.
  xen/pvh: Piggyback on PVHVM for event channels (v2)
  xen/pvh: Update E820 to work with PVH (v2)
  xen/pvh: Secondary VCPU bringup (non-bootup CPUs)
  ...
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<pre>
Pull Xen updates from Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk:
 "Two major features that Xen community is excited about:

  The first is event channel scalability by David Vrabel - we switch
  over from an two-level per-cpu bitmap of events (IRQs) - to an FIFO
  queue with priorities.  This lets us be able to handle more events,
  have lower latency, and better scalability.  Good stuff.

  The other is PVH by Mukesh Rathor.  In short, PV is a mode where the
  kernel lets the hypervisor program page-tables, segments, etc.  With
  EPT/NPT capabilities in current processors, the overhead of doing this
  in an HVM (Hardware Virtual Machine) container is much lower than the
  hypervisor doing it for us.

  In short we let a PV guest run without doing page-table, segment,
  syscall, etc updates through the hypervisor - instead it is all done
  within the guest container.  It is a "hybrid" PV - hence the 'PVH'
  name - a PV guest within an HVM container.

  The major benefits are less code to deal with - for example we only
  use one function from the the pv_mmu_ops (which has 39 function
  calls); faster performance for syscall (no context switches into the
  hypervisor); less traps on various operations; etc.

  It is still being baked - the ABI is not yet set in stone.  But it is
  pretty awesome and we are excited about it.

  Lastly, there are some changes to ARM code - you should get a simple
  conflict which has been resolved in #linux-next.

  In short, this pull has awesome features.

  Features:
   - FIFO event channels.  Key advantages: support for over 100,000
     events (2^17), 16 different event priorities, improved fairness in
     event latency through the use of FIFOs.
   - Xen PVH support.  "It’s a fully PV kernel mode, running with
     paravirtualized disk and network, paravirtualized interrupts and
     timers, no emulated devices of any kind (and thus no qemu), no BIOS
     or legacy boot — but instead of requiring PV MMU, it uses the HVM
     hardware extensions to virtualize the pagetables, as well as system
     calls and other privileged operations." (from "The
     Paravirtualization Spectrum, Part 2: From poles to a spectrum")

  Bug-fixes:
   - Fixes in balloon driver (refactor and make it work under ARM)
   - Allow xenfb to be used in HVM guests.
   - Allow xen_platform_pci=0 to work properly.
   - Refactors in event channels"

* tag 'stable/for-linus-3.14-rc0-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip: (52 commits)
  xen/pvh: Set X86_CR0_WP and others in CR0 (v2)
  MAINTAINERS: add git repository for Xen
  xen/pvh: Use 'depend' instead of 'select'.
  xen: delete new instances of __cpuinit usage
  xen/fb: allow xenfb initialization for hvm guests
  xen/evtchn_fifo: fix error return code in evtchn_fifo_setup()
  xen-platform: fix error return code in platform_pci_init()
  xen/pvh: remove duplicated include from enlighten.c
  xen/pvh: Fix compile issues with xen_pvh_domain()
  xen: Use dev_is_pci() to check whether it is pci device
  xen/grant-table: Force to use v1 of grants.
  xen/pvh: Support ParaVirtualized Hardware extensions (v3).
  xen/pvh: Piggyback on PVHVM XenBus.
  xen/pvh: Piggyback on PVHVM for grant driver (v4)
  xen/grant: Implement an grant frame array struct (v3).
  xen/grant-table: Refactor gnttab_init
  xen/grants: Remove gnttab_max_grant_frames dependency on gnttab_init.
  xen/pvh: Piggyback on PVHVM for event channels (v2)
  xen/pvh: Update E820 to work with PVH (v2)
  xen/pvh: Secondary VCPU bringup (non-bootup CPUs)
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'please-pull-rm_xen' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux</title>
<updated>2014-01-20T17:33:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-01-20T17:33:40+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=db4fcb45a482a247f7b62fef658d990ed81855f2'/>
<id>db4fcb45a482a247f7b62fef658d990ed81855f2</id>
<content type='text'>
Pull ia64 Xen removal from Tony Luck:
 "Nobody has been maintaining xen in ia64 for a long time.  Rip it all
  out so people do not waste time making updates to broken/dead code"

* tag 'please-pull-rm_xen' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux:
  ia64/xen: Remove Xen support for ia64
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<pre>
Pull ia64 Xen removal from Tony Luck:
 "Nobody has been maintaining xen in ia64 for a long time.  Rip it all
  out so people do not waste time making updates to broken/dead code"

* tag 'please-pull-rm_xen' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux:
  ia64/xen: Remove Xen support for ia64
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>xen/pvh: Support ParaVirtualized Hardware extensions (v3).</title>
<updated>2014-01-06T15:44:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mukesh Rathor</name>
<email>mukesh.rathor@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-12-31T16:16:25+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=4e903a20da51ed2329c1b9c182dba74f47ac2ca8'/>
<id>4e903a20da51ed2329c1b9c182dba74f47ac2ca8</id>
<content type='text'>
PVH allows PV linux guest to utilize hardware extended capabilities,
such as running MMU updates in a HVM container.

The Xen side defines PVH as (from docs/misc/pvh-readme.txt,
with modifications):

"* the guest uses auto translate:
 - p2m is managed by Xen
 - pagetables are owned by the guest
 - mmu_update hypercall not available
* it uses event callback and not vlapic emulation,
* IDT is native, so set_trap_table hcall is also N/A for a PVH guest.

For a full list of hcalls supported for PVH, see pvh_hypercall64_table
in arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c in xen.  From the ABI prespective, it's mostly a
PV guest with auto translate, although it does use hvm_op for setting
callback vector."

Use .ascii and .asciz to define xen feature string. Note, the PVH
string must be in a single line (not multiple lines with \) to keep the
assembler from putting null char after each string before \.
This patch allows it to be configured and enabled.

We also use introduce the 'XEN_ELFNOTE_SUPPORTED_FEATURES' ELF note to
tell the hypervisor that 'hvm_callback_vector' is what the kernel
needs. We can not put it in 'XEN_ELFNOTE_FEATURES' as older hypervisor
parse fields they don't understand as errors and refuse to load
the kernel. This work-around fixes the problem.

Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor &lt;mukesh.rathor@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com&gt;
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PVH allows PV linux guest to utilize hardware extended capabilities,
such as running MMU updates in a HVM container.

The Xen side defines PVH as (from docs/misc/pvh-readme.txt,
with modifications):

"* the guest uses auto translate:
 - p2m is managed by Xen
 - pagetables are owned by the guest
 - mmu_update hypercall not available
* it uses event callback and not vlapic emulation,
* IDT is native, so set_trap_table hcall is also N/A for a PVH guest.

For a full list of hcalls supported for PVH, see pvh_hypercall64_table
in arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c in xen.  From the ABI prespective, it's mostly a
PV guest with auto translate, although it does use hvm_op for setting
callback vector."

Use .ascii and .asciz to define xen feature string. Note, the PVH
string must be in a single line (not multiple lines with \) to keep the
assembler from putting null char after each string before \.
This patch allows it to be configured and enabled.

We also use introduce the 'XEN_ELFNOTE_SUPPORTED_FEATURES' ELF note to
tell the hypervisor that 'hvm_callback_vector' is what the kernel
needs. We can not put it in 'XEN_ELFNOTE_FEATURES' as older hypervisor
parse fields they don't understand as errors and refuse to load
the kernel. This work-around fixes the problem.

Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor &lt;mukesh.rathor@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>xen/grant: Implement an grant frame array struct (v3).</title>
<updated>2014-01-06T15:44:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk</name>
<email>konrad.wilk@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-01-06T15:40:36+00:00</published>
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The 'xen_hvm_resume_frames' used to be an 'unsigned long'
and contain the virtual address of the grants. That was OK
for most architectures (PVHVM, ARM) were the grants are contiguous
in memory. That however is not the case for PVH - in which case
we will have to do a lookup for each virtual address for the PFN.

Instead of doing that, lets make it a structure which will contain
the array of PFNs, the virtual address and the count of said PFNs.

Also provide a generic functions: gnttab_setup_auto_xlat_frames and
gnttab_free_auto_xlat_frames to populate said structure with
appropriate values for PVHVM and ARM.

To round it off, change the name from 'xen_hvm_resume_frames' to
a more descriptive one - 'xen_auto_xlat_grant_frames'.

For PVH, in patch "xen/pvh: Piggyback on PVHVM for grant driver"
we will populate the 'xen_auto_xlat_grant_frames' by ourselves.

v2 moves the xen_remap in the gnttab_setup_auto_xlat_frames
and also introduces xen_unmap for gnttab_free_auto_xlat_frames.

Suggested-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
[v3: Based on top of 'asm/xen/page.h: remove redundant semicolon']
Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com&gt;
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The 'xen_hvm_resume_frames' used to be an 'unsigned long'
and contain the virtual address of the grants. That was OK
for most architectures (PVHVM, ARM) were the grants are contiguous
in memory. That however is not the case for PVH - in which case
we will have to do a lookup for each virtual address for the PFN.

Instead of doing that, lets make it a structure which will contain
the array of PFNs, the virtual address and the count of said PFNs.

Also provide a generic functions: gnttab_setup_auto_xlat_frames and
gnttab_free_auto_xlat_frames to populate said structure with
appropriate values for PVHVM and ARM.

To round it off, change the name from 'xen_hvm_resume_frames' to
a more descriptive one - 'xen_auto_xlat_grant_frames'.

For PVH, in patch "xen/pvh: Piggyback on PVHVM for grant driver"
we will populate the 'xen_auto_xlat_grant_frames' by ourselves.

v2 moves the xen_remap in the gnttab_setup_auto_xlat_frames
and also introduces xen_unmap for gnttab_free_auto_xlat_frames.

Suggested-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
[v3: Based on top of 'asm/xen/page.h: remove redundant semicolon']
Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>xen/pvh/x86: Define what an PVH guest is (v3).</title>
<updated>2014-01-06T15:43:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mukesh Rathor</name>
<email>mukesh.rathor@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-12-13T17:39:56+00:00</published>
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Which is a PV guest with auto page translation enabled
and with vector callback. It is a cross between PVHVM and PV.

The Xen side defines PVH as (from docs/misc/pvh-readme.txt,
with modifications):

"* the guest uses auto translate:
 - p2m is managed by Xen
 - pagetables are owned by the guest
 - mmu_update hypercall not available
* it uses event callback and not vlapic emulation,
* IDT is native, so set_trap_table hcall is also N/A for a PVH guest.

For a full list of hcalls supported for PVH, see pvh_hypercall64_table
in arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c in xen.  From the ABI prespective, it's mostly a
PV guest with auto translate, although it does use hvm_op for setting
callback vector."

Also we use the PV cpuid, albeit we can use the HVM (native) cpuid.
However, we do have a fair bit of filtering in the xen_cpuid and
we can piggyback on that until the hypervisor/toolstack filters
the appropiate cpuids. Once that is done we can swap over to
use the native one.

We setup a Kconfig entry that is disabled by default and
cannot be enabled.

Note that on ARM the concept of PVH is non-existent. As Ian
put it: "an ARM guest is neither PV nor HVM nor PVHVM.
It's a bit like PVH but is different also (it's further towards
the H end of the spectrum than even PVH).". As such these
options (PVHVM, PVH) are never enabled nor seen on ARM
compilations.

Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor &lt;mukesh.rathor@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
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<pre>
Which is a PV guest with auto page translation enabled
and with vector callback. It is a cross between PVHVM and PV.

The Xen side defines PVH as (from docs/misc/pvh-readme.txt,
with modifications):

"* the guest uses auto translate:
 - p2m is managed by Xen
 - pagetables are owned by the guest
 - mmu_update hypercall not available
* it uses event callback and not vlapic emulation,
* IDT is native, so set_trap_table hcall is also N/A for a PVH guest.

For a full list of hcalls supported for PVH, see pvh_hypercall64_table
in arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c in xen.  From the ABI prespective, it's mostly a
PV guest with auto translate, although it does use hvm_op for setting
callback vector."

Also we use the PV cpuid, albeit we can use the HVM (native) cpuid.
However, we do have a fair bit of filtering in the xen_cpuid and
we can piggyback on that until the hypervisor/toolstack filters
the appropiate cpuids. Once that is done we can swap over to
use the native one.

We setup a Kconfig entry that is disabled by default and
cannot be enabled.

Note that on ARM the concept of PVH is non-existent. As Ian
put it: "an ARM guest is neither PV nor HVM nor PVHVM.
It's a bit like PVH but is different also (it's further towards
the H end of the spectrum than even PVH).". As such these
options (PVHVM, PVH) are never enabled nor seen on ARM
compilations.

Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor &lt;mukesh.rathor@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
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