Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v11 08/12] xen/pvh: MMU changes for PVH

[Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 18 Dec 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > @@ -1834,6 +1845,9 @@ static void convert_pfn_mfn(void *v)
> > >   pte_t *pte = v;
> > >   int i;
> > >  
> > > + if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
> > > +         return;
> > > +
> > >   /* All levels are converted the same way, so just treat them
> > >      as ptes. */
> > >   for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++)
> > 
> > This is getting pretty bad.
> > Can we find a way to refactor xen_setup_kernel_pagetable so that we
> > don't need all this? Maybe we need a new function?
> 
> Is it that bad? Doing a copy of xen_setup_kernel_pagetable just
> for PVH strikes me as error prone. Having the checks in the
> functions that xen_setup_kernel_pagetable is much easier and
> nicer I think.
> 
> Maybe if we did a big 'if (xen_feature(XEN..)' inside of
> xen_setup_kernel_pagetable that would be easier?

Yes, that should make things clearer.

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