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[PATCH v2 13/14] x86/PVH: simplify writing of Dom0's RSDP


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  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 14:37:14 +0100
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  • Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Teddy Astie <teddy.astie@xxxxxxxxxx>, Roger Pau Monné <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Delivery-date: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 13:37:18 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

Now that we establish where the RSDP is to live before actually loading
the kernel (and writing start-info there) we can simply hand the pointer
there, eliminating the need for the (fragile) separate write to the field
out of pvh_setup_acpi().

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Alternatively we could move start_info to the top-level function, have
pvh_load_kernel() and pvh_setup_acpi() fill what need filling, and do
the write from the top-level function. Yet it looks to me as if this was
more churn for little extra gain.
---
v2: Re-base over changes earlier in the series.

--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/dom0_build.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/dom0_build.c
@@ -943,7 +943,8 @@ static int __init pvh_load_kernel(
     struct elf_binary *elf,
     struct hvm_modlist_entry *mod,
     paddr_t *start_info_addr,
-    struct rangeset *ram)
+    struct rangeset *ram,
+    paddr_t rsdp)
 {
     struct domain *d = bd->d;
     struct boot_module *initrd = bd->initrd;
@@ -1083,6 +1084,7 @@ static int __init pvh_load_kernel(
 
     start_info.magic = XEN_HVM_START_MAGIC_VALUE;
     start_info.flags = SIF_PRIVILEGED | SIF_INITDOMAIN;
+    start_info.rsdp_paddr = rsdp;
     rc = hvm_copy_to_guest_phys(last_addr, &start_info, sizeof(start_info), v);
     if ( rc )
     {
@@ -1563,10 +1565,7 @@ static int __init pvh_place_acpi(
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int __init pvh_setup_acpi(
-    struct domain *d,
-    struct acpi_info *info,
-    paddr_t start_info)
+static int __init pvh_setup_acpi(struct domain *d, struct acpi_info *info)
 {
     int rc;
     struct acpi_table_rsdp *native_rsdp, rsdp = {
@@ -1618,18 +1617,6 @@ static int __init pvh_setup_acpi(
         return rc;
     }
 
-    /* Copy RSDP address to start_info. */
-    rc = hvm_copy_to_guest_phys(start_info +
-                                offsetof(struct hvm_start_info, rsdp_paddr),
-                                &info->rsdp,
-                                sizeof_field(struct hvm_start_info, 
rsdp_paddr),
-                                d->vcpu[0]);
-    if ( rc )
-    {
-        printk("Unable to copy RSDP address to start info\n");
-        return rc;
-    }
-
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1767,7 +1754,7 @@ int __init dom0_construct_pvh(const stru
 
     xvfree(orig_e820);
 
-    rc = pvh_load_kernel(bd, &elf, &initrd, &start_info, ram);
+    rc = pvh_load_kernel(bd, &elf, &initrd, &start_info, ram, acpi.rsdp);
     if ( rc )
     {
         printk("Failed to load Dom0 kernel\n");
@@ -1783,7 +1770,7 @@ int __init dom0_construct_pvh(const stru
         return rc;
     }
 
-    rc = pvh_setup_acpi(d, &acpi, start_info);
+    rc = pvh_setup_acpi(d, &acpi);
     if ( rc )
     {
         printk("Failed to setup Dom0 ACPI tables: %d\n", rc);




 


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