Is that a bug or does #ve info page can only exist on dom0? If this is
true, why would there be a is_hvm_domain check which will stop the
execution of xc_altp2m_vcpu_enable_notify?

2016-05-11 15:56 GMT+08:00 Big Strong <fangtu...@gmail.com>:

> From what I analyzed, can I draw a concolusion that the current
> implementation of do_altp2m_op means #ve info page can only be set on dom0
> memory and the dom0 must be a hvm? This seems like ridiculous as dom0 is a
> special pv guest.
>
> 2016-05-11 11:37 GMT+08:00 Big Strong <fangtu...@gmail.com>:
>
>> Further debugging shows that the domain is changed to domain 0 during the
>> check of whether the cmd of do_altp2m_op
>> is HVMOP_altp2m_vcpu_enable_notify, located at here
>> <http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=blob;f=xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c;h=615fa8908375aaad452e2be69fe183c2a12b82bf;hb=b24ad7ba911a9f0688ab179736476e44c52144f1#l6198>.
>> As domain 0 is a pv guest, it causes the is_hvm_domain
>> <http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=blob;f=xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c;h=615fa8908375aaad452e2be69fe183c2a12b82bf;hb=b24ad7ba911a9f0688ab179736476e44c52144f1#l6204>
>> check failed, and thus the execution never goes to
>> HVMOP_altp2m_vcpu_enable_notify
>> <http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=blob;f=xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c;h=615fa8908375aaad452e2be69fe183c2a12b82bf;hb=b24ad7ba911a9f0688ab179736476e44c52144f1#l6267>,
>> which in the end cause xc_altp2m_set_vcpu_enable_notify fail. Why would *the
>> logic of do_altp2m_op change the domain to dom0 when the cmd of
>> do_altp2m_op is HVMOP_altp2m_vcpu_enable_notify*?
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion, after adding printk to all the routines
>>>> of xc_altp2m_set_vcpu_enable_notify, it turns out that the problem is
>>>> because* the check of is_hvm_domain()
>>>> <http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=blob;f=xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c;h=615fa8908375aaad452e2be69fe183c2a12b82bf;hb=b24ad7ba911a9f0688ab179736476e44c52144f1#l6204>
>>>> failed* in function do_altp2m_op()
>>>> <http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=blob;f=xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c;h=615fa8908375aaad452e2be69fe183c2a12b82bf;hb=b24ad7ba911a9f0688ab179736476e44c52144f1#l6179>.
>>>> However, I've already configure the VM to build as a HVM by adding option
>>>> "builder=hvm" in the config file, but for unknown reason the .printk of
>>>> domain->type is guest_type_pv. I've tried both windows and linux as the
>>>> guest VM, both failed for the same reason. Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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