[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [V9 PATCH 7/8] pvh dom0: check for vioapic null ptr in vioapic_range
On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:05:57 +0100 "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> On 16.04.14 at 02:12, <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > pvh doesn't use apic emulation, as a result vioapic_init is not > > called and vioapic ptr in struct hvm_domain is not initialized. One > > path that would access the ptr for pvh is : > > > > hvm_hap_nested_page_fault -> handle_mmio -> hvmemul_do_io -> > > hvm_mmio_intercept -> vioapic_range > > Given this I'm not sure the guard belongs here. The majority of the > handle_mmio() logic should never be used for Dom0. Perhaps you > should simply have a pvh_mmio_handlers[] paralleling > hvm_mmio_handlers[], but (presumably) only having HPET and MSI-X > entries for now? Well, there's already talk of adding vioapic support for PVH so it could take advantage of the new features coming up. So, it'll prob converge in near future with hvm_mmio_handlers . I'm ok either way. thanks, Mukesh _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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