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Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] xen: modify page table construction
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Juergen Gross |
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Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] xen: modify page table construction |
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Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:29:04 +0100 |
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On 22/02/16 10:17, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 07:03:18AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote:
>> Modify the page table construction to allow multiple virtual regions
>> to be mapped. This is done as preparation for removing the p2m list
>> from the initial kernel mapping in order to support huge pv domains.
>>
>> This allows a cleaner approach for mapping the relocator page by
>> using this capability.
>>
>> The interface to the assembler level of the relocator has to be changed
>> in order to be able to process multiple page table areas.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <address@hidden>
>> ---
>> V4: align variables in assembly sources
>> use separate structure define as requested by Daniel Kiper
>>
>> V3: use constants instead of numbers as requested by Daniel Kiper
>> add lots of comments to assembly code as requested by Daniel Kiper
>> ---
>> grub-core/lib/i386/xen/relocator.S | 88 ++++++----
>> grub-core/lib/x86_64/xen/relocator.S | 135 ++++++---------
>> grub-core/lib/xen/relocator.c | 28 ++-
>> grub-core/loader/i386/xen.c | 325
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>> include/grub/i386/memory.h | 7 +
>> include/grub/xen/relocator.h | 6 +-
>> 6 files changed, 359 insertions(+), 230 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/grub-core/lib/i386/xen/relocator.S
>> b/grub-core/lib/i386/xen/relocator.S
>> index 694a54c..f8d135a 100644
>> --- a/grub-core/lib/i386/xen/relocator.S
>> +++ b/grub-core/lib/i386/xen/relocator.S
>> @@ -102,6 +112,10 @@ VARIABLE(grub_relocator_xen_remap_continue)
>>
>> jmp *%eax
>>
>> + .p2align 2
>
> I do not think this is needed but...
Even if the processor does allow unaligned loads: it's cleaner to
avoid them.
>
>> diff --git a/grub-core/lib/x86_64/xen/relocator.S
>> b/grub-core/lib/x86_64/xen/relocator.S
>> index 92e9e72..38ae157 100644
>> --- a/grub-core/lib/x86_64/xen/relocator.S
>> +++ b/grub-core/lib/x86_64/xen/relocator.S
>>
>> jmp *%rax
>>
>> -LOCAL(mmu_op):
>> + .p2align 3
>
> Ditto...
>
>> diff --git a/grub-core/lib/xen/relocator.c b/grub-core/lib/xen/relocator.c
>> index 8f427d3..a05b253 100644
>> --- a/grub-core/lib/xen/relocator.c
>> +++ b/grub-core/lib/xen/relocator.c
>> @@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
>>
>> typedef grub_addr_t grub_xen_reg_t;
>>
>> +struct grub_relocator_xen_paging_area {
>> + grub_xen_reg_t start;
>> + grub_xen_reg_t size;
>> +};
>> +
>
> ... this should have GRUB_PACKED because compiler may
> add padding to align size member.
Why would the compiler add padding to a structure containing two items
of the same type? I don't think the C standard would allow this.
grub_xen_reg_t is either unsigned (32 bit) or unsigned long (64 bit).
There is no way this could require any padding.
Juergen
- Re: [PATCH v4 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping, (continued)
- [PATCH v4 01/11] xen: make xen loader callable multiple times, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/22
- [PATCH v4 05/11] xen: synchronize xen header, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/22
- [PATCH v4 11/11] xen: add capability to load p2m list outside of kernel mapping, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/22
- [PATCH v4 06/11] xen: factor out p2m list allocation into separate function, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/22
- [PATCH v4 04/11] xen: add elfnote.h to avoid using numbers instead of constants, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/22
- [PATCH v4 03/11] xen: reduce number of global variables in xen loader, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/22
- [PATCH v4 10/11] xen: modify page table construction, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/22
- Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] xen: modify page table construction, Daniel Kiper, 2016/02/22
- Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] xen: modify page table construction,
Juergen Gross <=
- Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] xen: modify page table construction, Daniel Kiper, 2016/02/22
- Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] xen: modify page table construction, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/22
- Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] xen: modify page table construction, Daniel Kiper, 2016/02/22
- Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] xen: modify page table construction, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/22
- Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] xen: modify page table construction, Andrei Borzenkov, 2016/02/25
- Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] xen: modify page table construction, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/29
- Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] xen: modify page table construction, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/29
- Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] xen: modify page table construction, Andrei Borzenkov, 2016/02/29