From: Sergej Proskurin <proskurin@sec.in.tum.de>
To: Tamas K Lengyel <tamas.k.lengyel@gmail.com>,
Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>
Cc: Xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org>,
Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/18] arm/altp2m: Add cmd-line support for altp2m on ARM.
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 23:08:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <99b735a3-e785-e885-9810-7143143d3880@sec.in.tum.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABfawhnhpJK8oPz4eMRu23aK2UC1iVkZZLXzg-N8Xj1zbd9pew@mail.gmail.com>
On 07/04/2016 07:56 PM, Tamas K Lengyel wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 04/07/16 12:45, Sergej Proskurin wrote:
>>>
>>> The Xen altp2m subsystem is currently supported only on x86-64 based
>>> architectures. By utilizing ARM's virtualization extensions, we intend
>>> to implement altp2m support for ARM architectures and thus further
>>> extend current Virtual Machine Introspection (VMI) capabilities on ARM.
>>>
>>> With this commit, Xen is now able to activate altp2m support on ARM by
>>> means of the command-line argument 'altp2m' (bool).
>>
>>
>> Thinking a bit more about this patch. Why do we need an option to enable
>> altp2m? All the code could be gated by the value of HVM_PARAM_ALTP2M.
>>
>
> I think the reasoning for having the altp2m boot parameter when it was
> introduced for x86 was that altp2m is considered experimental. IMHO it
> is stable enough so that we can forgo the boot param altogether.
>
> Tamas
>
That would definitely remove the need for the altp2m initcall mechanism.
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2016-07-04 11:45 [PATCH 00/18] arm/altp2m: Introducing altp2m to ARM Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 01/18] arm/altp2m: Add cmd-line support for altp2m on ARM Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 12:15 ` Andrew Cooper
2016-07-04 13:02 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 13:25 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-04 13:43 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 17:42 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-04 17:56 ` Tamas K Lengyel
2016-07-04 21:08 ` Sergej Proskurin [this message]
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 02/18] arm/altp2m: Add first altp2m HVMOP stubs Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 13:36 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-04 13:51 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-05 10:19 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-06 9:14 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-06 13:43 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-06 15:23 ` Tamas K Lengyel
2016-07-06 15:54 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-06 16:05 ` Tamas K Lengyel
2016-07-06 16:29 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-06 16:35 ` Tamas K Lengyel
2016-07-06 18:35 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-07 9:14 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 03/18] arm/altp2m: Add HVMOP_altp2m_get_domain_state Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 04/18] arm/altp2m: Add altp2m init/teardown routines Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 15:17 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-04 16:40 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 16:43 ` Andrew Cooper
2016-07-04 16:56 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 17:44 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-04 21:19 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 21:35 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-04 21:46 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 18:18 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-04 21:37 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 18:30 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-04 21:56 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 16:15 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-04 16:51 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 18:34 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-05 7:45 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 05/18] arm/altp2m: Add HVMOP_altp2m_set_domain_state Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 15:39 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-05 8:45 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-05 10:11 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-05 12:05 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 06/18] arm/altp2m: Add a(p2m) table flushing routines Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 12:12 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 15:42 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-05 8:52 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 15:55 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-05 9:51 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 16:20 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-05 9:57 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 07/18] arm/altp2m: Add HVMOP_altp2m_create_p2m Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 08/18] arm/altp2m: Add HVMOP_altp2m_destroy_p2m Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 16:32 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-05 11:37 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-05 11:48 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-05 12:18 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 09/18] arm/altp2m: Add HVMOP_altp2m_switch_p2m Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 10/18] arm/altp2m: Renamed and extended p2m_alloc_table Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 18:43 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-05 13:56 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 11/18] arm/altp2m: Make flush_tlb_domain ready for altp2m Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 12:30 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 20:32 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-05 14:48 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-05 15:37 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-05 20:21 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-06 14:28 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-06 14:39 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-07 17:24 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 12/18] arm/altp2m: Cosmetic fixes - function prototypes Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-15 13:45 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-16 15:18 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 13/18] arm/altp2m: Make get_page_from_gva ready for altp2m Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 20:34 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-05 20:31 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 14/18] arm/altp2m: Add HVMOP_altp2m_set_mem_access Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-05 12:49 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-05 21:55 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-06 14:32 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-06 16:12 ` Tamas K Lengyel
2016-07-06 16:59 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-06 17:03 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-06 17:08 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-07 9:16 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 15/18] arm/altp2m: Add altp2m paging mechanism Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 20:53 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-06 8:33 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-06 14:26 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 16/18] arm/altp2m: Extended libxl to activate altp2m on ARM Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-07 16:27 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-24 16:06 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-25 8:32 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-25 9:04 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-25 9:49 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-25 10:08 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-25 11:26 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-25 11:37 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 17/18] arm/altp2m: Adjust debug information to altp2m Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 20:58 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-06 8:41 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 18/18] arm/altp2m: Extend xen-access for altp2m on ARM Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 13:38 ` Razvan Cojocaru
2016-07-06 8:44 ` Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 01/18] arm/altp2m: Add cmd-line support " Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 02/18] arm/altp2m: Add first altp2m HVMOP stubs Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 03/18] arm/altp2m: Add HVMOP_altp2m_get_domain_state Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 04/18] arm/altp2m: Add altp2m init/teardown routines Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 05/18] arm/altp2m: Add HVMOP_altp2m_set_domain_state Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 06/18] arm/altp2m: Add a(p2m) table flushing routines Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 07/18] arm/altp2m: Add HVMOP_altp2m_create_p2m Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 08/18] arm/altp2m: Add HVMOP_altp2m_destroy_p2m Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 09/18] arm/altp2m: Add HVMOP_altp2m_switch_p2m Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 10/18] arm/altp2m: Renamed and extended p2m_alloc_table Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 11/18] arm/altp2m: Make flush_tlb_domain ready for altp2m Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:45 ` [PATCH 12/18] arm/altp2m: Cosmetic fixes - function prototypes Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:46 ` [PATCH 13/18] arm/altp2m: Make get_page_from_gva ready for altp2m Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:46 ` [PATCH 14/18] arm/altp2m: Add HVMOP_altp2m_set_mem_access Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:46 ` [PATCH 15/18] arm/altp2m: Add altp2m paging mechanism Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:46 ` [PATCH 16/18] arm/altp2m: Extended libxl to activate altp2m on ARM Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:46 ` [PATCH 17/18] arm/altp2m: Adjust debug information to altp2m Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 11:46 ` [PATCH 18/18] arm/altp2m: Extend xen-access for altp2m on ARM Sergej Proskurin
2016-07-04 12:52 ` [PATCH 00/18] arm/altp2m: Introducing altp2m to ARM Andrew Cooper
2016-07-04 13:05 ` Sergej Proskurin
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