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Re: [PATCH v4 01/25] xen/dom0less: turn max_init_domid into a common variable


  • To: Oleksii Kurochko <oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:34:21 +0200
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On 26.06.2026 17:46, Oleksii Kurochko wrote:
> Until now every architecture carried its own notion of max_init_domid:
> Arm defined a real variable (declared in asm/setup.h, defined in
> setup.c), while ppc, riscv and x86 each provided a "#define
> max_init_domid (0)" stub in their asm/setup.h. This duplicated the same
> declaration across all arches and placed a purely dom0less concept in
> arch setup headers.
> 
> Now that the dom0less build code lives in common (xen/common/
> device-tree/dom0less-build.c sets max_init_domid, and the console
> serial-input switcher reads it), there is no reason for the symbol to be
> per-arch. Provide a single declaration in <xen/dom0less-build.h>, with
> the !CONFIG_DOM0LESS_BOOT stub kept there as well, so there is one source
> of truth and the arch headers no longer need to mention it. Update
> console.c to include <xen/dom0less-build.h> for the declaration instead
> of relying on asm/setup.h.
> 
> Place the definition in xen/common/domid.c rather than in dom0less-
> build.c. The latter is built as dom0less-build.init.o, i.e. the whole
> object is relocated into the .init.* sections and freed after boot,
> whereas max_init_domid must outlive boot because it is read at runtime
> by the console serial-input switcher. domid.c is always linked (obj-y)
> and resides in regular (non-init) sections, so it is a correct home for
> the variable. It is marked __ro_after_init since it is only updated
> while creating boot-time domains and read-only afterwards, and guarded
> by CONFIG_DOM0LESS_BOOT as domid.c itself is unconditional.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleksii Kurochko <oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Regarding last paragraph it is also alternative option just make
> dom0less-build.init.o no-init.

That would be a pretty bad move imo.

Jan



 


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