Re: [PATCH 1/2] xen/x86/pvh: use preset XSDT header for XSDT generation

[Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 10:10:07AM +0200, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 05:16:27PM -0700, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > On Mon, 15 May 2023, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > > On 15.05.2023 10:48, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> > > > On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 06:17:19PM -0700, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > >> From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxx>
> > > >>
> > > >> Xen always generates a XSDT table even if the firmware provided a RSDT
> > > >> table. Instead of copying the XSDT header from the firmware table (that
> > > >> might be missing), generate the XSDT header from a preset.
> > > >>
> > > >> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxx>
> > > >> ---
> > > >>  xen/arch/x86/hvm/dom0_build.c | 32 +++++++++-----------------------
> > > >>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> > > >>
> > > >> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/dom0_build.c 
> > > >> b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/dom0_build.c
> > > >> index 307edc6a8c..5fde769863 100644
> > > >> --- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/dom0_build.c
> > > >> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/dom0_build.c
> > > >> @@ -963,13 +963,18 @@ static int __init pvh_setup_acpi_xsdt(struct 
> > > >> domain *d, paddr_t madt_addr,
> > > >>                                        paddr_t *addr)
> > > >>  {
> > > >>      struct acpi_table_xsdt *xsdt;
> > > >> -    struct acpi_table_header *table;
> > > >> -    struct acpi_table_rsdp *rsdp;
> > > >>      const struct acpi_table_desc *tables = 
> > > >> acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables;
> > > >>      unsigned long size = sizeof(*xsdt);
> > > >>      unsigned int i, j, num_tables = 0;
> > > >> -    paddr_t xsdt_paddr;
> > > >>      int rc;
> > > >> +    struct acpi_table_header header = {
> > > >> +        .signature    = "XSDT",
> > > >> +        .length       = sizeof(struct acpi_table_header),
> > > >> +        .revision     = 0x1,
> > > >> +        .oem_id       = "Xen",
> > > >> +        .oem_table_id = "HVM",
> > > > 
> > > > I think this is wrong, as according to the spec the OEM Table ID must
> > > > match the OEM Table ID in the FADT.
> > > > 
> > > > We likely want to copy the OEM ID and OEM Table ID from the RSDP, and
> > > > possibly also the other OEM related fields.
> > > > 
> > > > Alternatively we might want to copy and use the RSDT on systems that
> > > > lack an XSDT, or even just copy the header from the RSDT into Xen's
> > > > crafted XSDT, since the format of the RSDP and the XSDT headers are
> > > > exactly the same (the difference is in the size of the description
> > > > headers that come after).
> > > 
> > > I guess I'd prefer that last variant.
> > 
> > I tried this approach (together with the second patch for necessity) and
> > it worked.
> > 
> > diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/dom0_build.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/dom0_build.c
> > index fd2cbf68bc..11d6d1bc23 100644
> > --- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/dom0_build.c
> > +++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/dom0_build.c
> > @@ -967,6 +967,10 @@ static int __init pvh_setup_acpi_xsdt(struct domain 
> > *d, paddr_t madt_addr,
> >          goto out;
> >      }
> >      xsdt_paddr = rsdp->xsdt_physical_address;
> > +    if ( !xsdt_paddr )
> > +    {
> > +        xsdt_paddr = rsdp->rsdt_physical_address;
> > +    }
> >      acpi_os_unmap_memory(rsdp, sizeof(*rsdp));
> >      table = acpi_os_map_memory(xsdt_paddr, sizeof(*table));
> >      if ( !table )
> 
> To be slightly more consistent, could you use:
> 
> /*
>  * Note the header is the same for both RSDT and XSDT, so it's fine to
>  * copy the native RSDT header to the Xen crafted XSDT if no native
>  * XSDT is available.
>  */
> if (rsdp->revision > 1 && rsdp->xsdt_physical_address)
>     sdt_paddr = rsdp->xsdt_physical_address;
> else
>     sdt_paddr = rsdp->rsdt_physical_address;

(please add the missing spaces in the chunk above)