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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v7 01/15] x86/hvm: remove multiple open coded 'chunking' loops


  • To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 16:16:23 +0000
  • Accept-language: en-GB, en-US
  • Cc: "Keir \(Xen.org\)" <keir@xxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Delivery-date: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:16:33 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xen.org>
  • Thread-index: AQHQukoMJLYrfDXG7kGXvujka7BY5p3THXeAgAAy/EA=
  • Thread-topic: [PATCH v7 01/15] x86/hvm: remove multiple open coded 'chunking' loops

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Beulich [mailto:JBeulich@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 09 July 2015 16:13
> To: Paul Durrant
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Keir (Xen.org)
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 01/15] x86/hvm: remove multiple open coded
> 'chunking' loops
> 
> >>> On 09.07.15 at 15:10, <paul.durrant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > +static int hvmemul_linear_mmio_access(
> > +    unsigned long gla, unsigned int size, uint8_t dir, uint8_t *buffer,
> > +    uint32_t pfec, struct hvm_emulate_ctxt *hvmemul_ctxt, bool_t
> known_gpfn)
> > +{
> > +    struct hvm_vcpu_io *vio = &current->arch.hvm_vcpu.hvm_io;
> > +    unsigned long offset = gla & ~PAGE_MASK;
> > +    unsigned int chunk;
> > +    paddr_t gpa;
> > +    unsigned long one_rep = 1;
> > +    int rc;
> > +
> > +    chunk = min_t(unsigned int, size, PAGE_SIZE - offset);
> > +
> > +    if ( known_gpfn )
> > +        gpa = pfn_to_paddr(vio->mmio_gpfn) | offset;
> > +    else
> > +    {
> > +        rc = hvmemul_linear_to_phys(gla, &gpa, chunk, &one_rep, pfec,
> > +                                    hvmemul_ctxt);
> > +        if ( rc != X86EMUL_OKAY )
> > +            return rc;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    for ( ;; )
> > +    {
> > +        rc = hvmemul_phys_mmio_access(gpa, chunk, dir, buffer);
> > +        if ( rc != X86EMUL_OKAY )
> > +            break;
> > +
> > +        gla += chunk;
> > +        buffer += chunk;
> > +        size -= chunk;
> > +
> > +        if ( size == 0 )
> > +            break;
> > +
> > +        ASSERT((gla & ~PAGE_MASK) == 0);
> 
> While I don't mean you to re-submit another time, I'd still like to
> get my question answered: Does this really matter for the code
> below?
> 

No, it doesn't, but if it's not true then an incorrect chunk size was chosen 
above.

  Paul

> Jan


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