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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 05/10] xen/arm: vpl011: Allocate a new PFN in the toolstack for the virtual console



On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 03:14:28PM +0530, Bhupinder Thakur wrote:
> 1. Allocate a new pfn and pass on to Xen using a hvm call.
> 
> 2. Change in xc_hvm_param_deprecated_check () to allow new vpl011 HVM params,
> which are reusing some deprecated x86 HVM params.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhupinder Thakur <bhupinder.thakur@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/libxc/include/xc_dom.h | 3 +++
>  tools/libxc/xc_dom_arm.c     | 7 ++++++-
>  tools/libxc/xc_dom_boot.c    | 3 +++
>  tools/libxc/xc_domain.c      | 7 +++++++
>  4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/libxc/include/xc_dom.h b/tools/libxc/include/xc_dom.h
> index 608cbc2..c93d98c 100644
> --- a/tools/libxc/include/xc_dom.h
> +++ b/tools/libxc/include/xc_dom.h
> @@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ struct xc_dom_image {
>  
>      /* Extra SMBIOS structures passed to HVMLOADER */
>      struct xc_hvm_firmware_module smbios_module;
> +
> +     /* Virtual console pfn. */
> +    xen_pfn_t vconsole_pfn;
>  };
>  
>  /* --- pluggable kernel loader ------------------------------------- */
> diff --git a/tools/libxc/xc_dom_arm.c b/tools/libxc/xc_dom_arm.c
> index a7e839e..157381e 100644
> --- a/tools/libxc/xc_dom_arm.c
> +++ b/tools/libxc/xc_dom_arm.c
> @@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
>  #include "xg_private.h"
>  #include "xc_dom.h"
>  
> -#define NR_MAGIC_PAGES 3
> +#define NR_MAGIC_PAGES 4
>  #define CONSOLE_PFN_OFFSET 0
>  #define XENSTORE_PFN_OFFSET 1
>  #define MEMACCESS_PFN_OFFSET 2
> +#define VCONSOLE_PFN_OFFSET 3
>  
>  #define LPAE_SHIFT 9
>  
> @@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ static int alloc_magic_pages(struct xc_dom_image *dom)
>  
>      dom->console_pfn = base + CONSOLE_PFN_OFFSET;
>      dom->xenstore_pfn = base + XENSTORE_PFN_OFFSET;
> +    dom->vconsole_pfn = base + VCONSOLE_PFN_OFFSET;
>  
>      xc_clear_domain_page(dom->xch, dom->guest_domid, dom->console_pfn);
>      xc_clear_domain_page(dom->xch, dom->guest_domid, dom->xenstore_pfn);
> @@ -95,6 +97,9 @@ static int alloc_magic_pages(struct xc_dom_image *dom)
>              dom->xenstore_pfn);
>      xc_hvm_param_set(dom->xch, dom->guest_domid, HVM_PARAM_MONITOR_RING_PFN,
>              base + MEMACCESS_PFN_OFFSET);
> +    xc_hvm_param_set(dom->xch, dom->guest_domid, HVM_PARAM_VCONSOLE_PFN,
> +                     base + VCONSOLE_PFN_OFFSET);
> +

Here is something I don't quite understand (sorry I haven't been
following the conversation closely): if pl011 is emulated, why would the
guest need to know its PFN?

Wei.

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