Re: [Xen-devel] Re: changeset 22526:7a5ee3800417

[George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peng fei,

Can you (1) test this patch, and (2) make sure I've romanized your
name properly?

Thanks,
 -George

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 1:59 PM, George Dunlap
<George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Peng fei,
>
> I just noticed this patch has a bug -- it doesn't set new_entry.mfn if
> the new mfn is the same as the one already in ept_entry! ÂStandby for
> a new one...
>
> Â-George
>
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 4:41 PM, George Dunlap
> <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Peng fei,
>>
>> Can you test the attached patch (to xen-unstable)? ÂI don't have
>> EPT-enabled hardware handy...
>>
>> Â-George
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 4:20 PM, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> 
>> wrote:
>>> Hmm, yeah, that's obviously not right! ÂLet me take a look...
>>>
>>> Â-George
>>>
>>> On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 09:55 +0000, åéé wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Â Â Recently, I did a research on the p2m and EPT,and did apply your
>>>> patch(22526) to the source code of mine. But there is one place
>>>> confused me:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ept_entry = table + index;
>>>> 1.91
>>>> Â Â 1.92 - Â Â Â Âept_entry->emt = epte_get_entry_emt(d, gfn, mfn, &ipat, 
>>>> direct_mmio);
>>>> Â Â 1.93 - Â Â Â Âept_entry->ipat = ipat;
>>>> Â Â 1.94 - Â Â Â Âept_entry->sp = i ? 1 : 0;
>>>> Â Â 1.95 - Â Â Â Âept_entry->avail1 = p2mt;
>>>> Â Â 1.96 - Â Â Â Âept_entry->avail2 = 0;
>>>> Â Â 1.97 + Â Â Â Ânew_entry.emt = epte_get_entry_emt(d, gfn, mfn, &ipat, 
>>>> direct_mmio);
>>>> Â Â 1.98 + Â Â Â Ânew_entry.ipat = ipat;
>>>> Â Â 1.99 + Â Â Â Ânew_entry.sp = i ? 1 : 0;
>>>> Â Â1.100 + Â Â Â Ânew_entry.avail1 = p2mt;
>>>> Â Â1.101 + Â Â Â Ânew_entry.avail2 = 0;
>>>> Â Â1.102
>>>> Â Â1.103 - Â Â Â Âif ( ept_entry->mfn == mfn_x(mfn) )
>>>> Â Â1.104 + Â Â Â Âif ( new_entry.mfn == mfn_x(mfn) )
>>>> Â Â1.105 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â need_modify_vtd_table = 0;
>>>> Â Â1.106 Â Â Â Â Âelse /* the caller should take care of the previous page 
>>>> */
>>>> Â Â1.107 - Â Â Â Â Â Âept_entry->mfn = mfn_x(mfn);
>>>> Â Â1.108 + Â Â Â Â Â Ânew_entry.mfn = mfn_x(mfn);
>>>>
>>>> I think, The new_entry.mfn is used without assigned any value. Maybe there 
>>>> was something else I did not think of.
>>>> Thank you for your kindness!
>>>>
>>>> http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-unstable.hg/rev/7a5ee3800417
>>>
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