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[Xen-devel,17/24] xen: allow privcmd for HVM guests

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Stefano Stabellini July 27, 2012, 2:10 p.m. UTC
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> On 26.07.12 at 17:33, Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> wrote:
> > In order for privcmd mmap to work correctly, xen_remap_domain_mfn_range
> > needs to be implemented for HVM guests.
> > If it is not, mmap is going to fail later on.
> 
> Somehow, for me at least, this description doesn't connect to the
> actual change.

We can remove the "return -ENOSYS" from privcmd_mmap but the actual mmap
is still not going to work unless xen_remap_domain_mfn_range is
implemented correctly.
The x86 implementation of xen_remap_domain_mfn_range is PV only so it is
not going to work for HVM or auto_translated_physmap guests.
As a result mmap_batch_fn is going to fail.


> > Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/xen/privcmd.c |    4 ----
> >  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/xen/privcmd.c b/drivers/xen/privcmd.c
> > index ccee0f1..85226cb 100644
> > --- a/drivers/xen/privcmd.c
> > +++ b/drivers/xen/privcmd.c
> > @@ -380,10 +380,6 @@ static struct vm_operations_struct privcmd_vm_ops = {
> >  
> >  static int privcmd_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> >  {
> > -	/* Unsupported for auto-translate guests. */
> > -	if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
> > -		return -ENOSYS;
> > -
> 
> Is this safe on x86?
> 

It is safe in the sense that is not going to crash dom0 or the
hypervisor, but it is not going to work.

Actually in order for it to be safe we need this additional change:

Comments

Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Aug. 1, 2012, 2:47 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 03:10:13PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2012, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > >>> On 26.07.12 at 17:33, Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> wrote:
> > > In order for privcmd mmap to work correctly, xen_remap_domain_mfn_range
> > > needs to be implemented for HVM guests.
> > > If it is not, mmap is going to fail later on.
> > 
> > Somehow, for me at least, this description doesn't connect to the
> > actual change.
> 
> We can remove the "return -ENOSYS" from privcmd_mmap but the actual mmap
> is still not going to work unless xen_remap_domain_mfn_range is
> implemented correctly.
> The x86 implementation of xen_remap_domain_mfn_range is PV only so it is
> not going to work for HVM or auto_translated_physmap guests.
> As a result mmap_batch_fn is going to fail.

So what you are saying is that this check is redundant and that earlier
on in the call stack this check is made?

I am not seeing it? I am seeing an:

289         if (!xen_initial_domain())
290                 return -EPERM;

But that would still work.

Perhaps adding an:

	if (xen_hvm_domain())
		return -ENOSYS

is more appropiate in privcmd_ioctl_mmap_batch?

Irrespective of HVM guests, I recall that it is possible to run PV guests
with XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap? How will this be impacted?

> 
> 
> > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/xen/privcmd.c |    4 ----
> > >  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/xen/privcmd.c b/drivers/xen/privcmd.c
> > > index ccee0f1..85226cb 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/xen/privcmd.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/xen/privcmd.c
> > > @@ -380,10 +380,6 @@ static struct vm_operations_struct privcmd_vm_ops = {
> > >  
> > >  static int privcmd_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> > >  {
> > > -	/* Unsupported for auto-translate guests. */
> > > -	if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
> > > -		return -ENOSYS;
> > > -
> > 
> > Is this safe on x86?
> > 
> 
> It is safe in the sense that is not going to crash dom0 or the
> hypervisor, but it is not going to work.
> 
> Actually in order for it to be safe we need this additional change:
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
> index 3a73785..885a223 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
> @@ -2310,6 +2310,9 @@ int xen_remap_domain_mfn_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  	unsigned long range;
>  	int err = 0;
>  
> +	if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>  	prot = __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) | _PAGE_IOMAP);
>  
>  	BUG_ON(!((vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP | VM_RESERVED | VM_IO)) ==
> 
> 
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diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
index 3a73785..885a223 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
@@ -2310,6 +2310,9 @@  int xen_remap_domain_mfn_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	unsigned long range;
 	int err = 0;
 
+	if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	prot = __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) | _PAGE_IOMAP);
 
 	BUG_ON(!((vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP | VM_RESERVED | VM_IO)) ==