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Re: [Xen-devel] [v3][PATCH 13/16] tools/libxl: detect and avoid conflicts with RDM



On 2015/6/13 0:39, Wei Liu wrote:
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 09:15:22AM +0800, Tiejun Chen wrote:
[...]
+++ b/tools/libxc/xc_hvm_build_x86.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  #include <stdlib.h>
  #include <unistd.h>
  #include <zlib.h>
+#include <assert.h>

  #include "xg_private.h"
  #include "xc_private.h"
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ static int setup_guest(xc_interface *xch,

      elf_parse_binary(&elf);
      v_start = 0;
-    v_end = args->mem_size;
+    v_end = args->lowmem_end;

Why is this needed?

This was left to handle something inside modules_init(). But I think this change can be removed now.


      if ( nr_pages > target_pages )
          memflags |= XENMEMF_populate_on_demand;
@@ -754,6 +755,8 @@ int xc_hvm_build_target_mem(xc_interface *xch,
      args.mem_size = (uint64_t)memsize << 20;
      args.mem_target = (uint64_t)target << 20;
      args.image_file_name = image_name;
[...]

+static struct xen_reserved_device_memory
+*xc_device_get_rdm(libxl__gc *gc,
+                   uint32_t flag,
+                   uint16_t seg,
+                   uint8_t bus,
+                   uint8_t devfn,
+                   unsigned int *nr_entries)
+{
+    struct xen_reserved_device_memory *xrdm;
+    int rc;
+
+    rc = xc_reserved_device_memory_map(CTX->xch, flag, seg, bus, devfn,
+                                       NULL, nr_entries);

xc_reserved_device_memory_map dereferences nr_entries. You need to make
sure there is no garbage value in nr_entries. I.e. you need to
initialise nr_entries to 0 before passing it in.

Sure, so what about this?

/*
 * We really can't presume how many entries we can get in advance.
 */
if (*nr_entries)
    *nr_entries = 0;


+    assert(rc <= 0);
+    /* "0" means we have no any rdm entry. */
+    if (!rc)
+        goto out;
+
+    if (errno == ENOBUFS) {
+        xrdm = malloc(*nr_entries * sizeof(xen_reserved_device_memory_t));
+        if (!xrdm) {
+            LOG(ERROR, "Could not allocate RDM buffer!\n");
+            goto out;
+        }
+        rc = xc_reserved_device_memory_map(CTX->xch, flag, seg, bus, devfn,
+                                           xrdm, nr_entries);
+        if (rc) {
+            LOG(ERROR, "Could not get reserved device memory maps.\n");
+            *nr_entries = 0;
+            free(xrdm);
+            xrdm = NULL;
+        }
+    } else
+        LOG(ERROR, "Could not get reserved device memory maps.\n");
+
+ out:
+    return xrdm;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check whether there exists rdm hole in the specified memory range.
+ * Returns true if exists, else returns false.
+ */
+static bool overlaps_rdm(uint64_t start, uint64_t memsize,
+                         uint64_t rdm_start, uint64_t rdm_size)
+{
+    return (start + memsize > rdm_start) && (start < rdm_start + rdm_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check reported RDM regions and handle potential gfn conflicts according
+ * to user preferred policy.
+ *
+ * RMRR can reside in address space beyond 4G theoretically, but we never
+ * see this in real world. So in order to avoid breaking highmem layout
+ * we don't solve highmem conflict. Note this means highmem rmrr could still
+ * be supported if no conflict.
+ *
+ * But in the case of lowmem, RMRR probably scatter the whole RAM space.
+ * Especially multiple RMRR entries would worsen this to lead a complicated
+ * memory layout. And then its hard to extend hvm_info_table{} to work
+ * hvmloader out. So here we're trying to figure out a simple solution to
+ * avoid breaking existing layout. So when a conflict occurs,
+ *
+ * #1. Above a predefined boundary (default 2G)
+ * - Move lowmem_end below reserved region to solve conflict;
+ *
+ * #2. Below a predefined boundary (default 2G)
+ * - Check strict/relaxed policy.
+ * "strict" policy leads to fail libxl. Note when both policies
+ * are specified on a given region, 'strict' is always preferred.
+ * "relaxed" policy issue a warning message and also mask this entry
+ * INVALID to indicate we shouldn't expose this entry to hvmloader.
+ */

This looks sensible. Thanks.

diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
index 4364ba4..85d74fd 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
@@ -1374,6 +1374,9 @@ static void parse_config_data(const char *config_source,
      if (!xlu_cfg_get_long (config, "videoram", &l, 0))
          b_info->video_memkb = l * 1024;

+    if (!xlu_cfg_get_long (config, "rdm_mem_boundary", &l, 0))
+        b_info->rdm_mem_boundary_memkb = l * 1024;
+

Maybe you need to rearrange this patch series a bit more. The toolstack
side patches have mixed libxc, libxl and xl changes which is a bit hard
for me to tell what is needed by what. We can discuss this if you have
questions.

Okay, just let me try firstly.

Thanks
Tiejun


Wei.

      if (!xlu_cfg_get_long(config, "max_event_channels", &l, 0))
          b_info->event_channels = l;

--
1.9.1


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