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Re: [PATCH v5] xen/arm: Check for Static Heap feature when freeing resources


  • To: Luca Fancellu <luca.fancellu@xxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:59:15 +0100
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On 11/12/2024 12:11, Luca Fancellu wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Penny Zheng <Penny.Zheng@xxxxxxx>
> 
> If the Xen heap is statically configured in Device Tree, its size is
> definite, so only the defined memory shall be given to the boot
> allocator. Have a check where init_domheap_pages() is called
> which takes into account if static heap feature is used.
> 
> Extract static_heap flag from init data bootinfo, as it will be needed
> after destroying the init data section, rename it to using_static_heap
> and use it to tell whether the Xen static heap feature is enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Penny Zheng <penny.zheng@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Chen <wei.chen@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Fancellu <luca.fancellu@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> # common

[...]

> +#ifdef CONFIG_STATIC_MEMORY
> +extern bool using_static_heap;
> +#else
> +#define using_static_heap false
> +#endif
Why?

Static heap feature is not protected by CONFIG_STATIC_MEMORY today, so you 
would introduce a silent regression
(i.e. without config enabled, property would be ignored and there would be no 
static heap with no error message).

~Michal




 


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