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From: Julien Grall <julien@xen.org>
To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>, Wei Chen <Wei.Chen@arm.com>
Cc: Bertrand Marquis <Bertrand.Marquis@arm.com>,
	"xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org>,
	"sstabellini@kernel.org" <sstabellini@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/37] xen: introduce CONFIG_EFI to stub API for non-EFI architecture
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 10:00:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8e59b4ef-a009-b380-f262-a8381abbea16@xen.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <677bb034-242d-e9ce-00ce-57e7214fd4cc@suse.com>

Hi,

On 27/01/2022 09:27, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 27.01.2022 10:25, Wei Chen wrote:
>>> From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
>>> Sent: 2022年1月27日 17:17
>>>
>>> On 27.01.2022 10:09, Wei Chen wrote:
>>>>> From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
>>>>> Sent: 2022年1月27日 17:00
>>>>>
>>>>> But you realize we already have such a stub file on x86?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, we found the redefinition errors that are caused by x86 stub file
>>>> and new macros in stub.h. We had tries to add:
>>>> ifeq ($(XEN_BUILD_EFI),y)
>>>> CFLAGS-y += -DXEN_BUILD_EFI
>>>> XEN_CFLAGS += -DXEN_BUILD_EFI
>>>> endif
>>>> x86/Makefile to gate these new macros, but it seems that we may need
>>>> to change EFI build logic for x86. It will cause more risks for me.
>>>> So I want to introduce a similar stub.c in arch/arm.
>>>
>>> While that's perhaps fine, ideally common bits would be common. Iirc
>>> already back at the time I was wondering why stub.c had to be x86-
>>> only.
>>
>> Some dummy functions in stub.c can be shared by arm or other architectures.
>> But some functions like efi_multiboot2 are architecture dependent.
> 
> Right - that's no different from the bulk of the non-stubbed EFI code.
> I don't really mind you making an Arm-specific stub file if there's
> not very much duplication, but it doesn't feel very good. In the end
> it's up to the Arm maintainers anyway.

If the stubs are mostly the same then they should be common rather than 
duplicated.

 > x86/Makefile to gate these new macros, but it seems that we may need
 > to change EFI build logic for x86. It will cause more risks for me.

But that would be a build risk right? If so, it is quite easy to 
verify/catch it compare to runtime issue.

Cheers,

> 
> Jan
> 

-- 
Julien Grall


  reply	other threads:[~2022-01-27 10:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 192+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-23 12:01 [PATCH 00/37] Add device tree based NUMA support to Arm Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 01/37] xen/arm: Print a 64-bit number in hex from early uart Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 02/37] xen: introduce a Kconfig option to configure NUMA nodes number Wei Chen
2021-09-23 23:45   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  1:24     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-24  8:55   ` Jan Beulich
2021-09-24 10:33     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-24 10:47       ` Jan Beulich
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 03/37] xen/x86: Initialize memnodemapsize while faking NUMA node Wei Chen
2021-09-24  8:57   ` Jan Beulich
2021-09-24 10:34     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 04/37] xen: introduce an arch helper for default dma zone status Wei Chen
2021-09-23 23:55   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  1:50     ` Wei Chen
2022-01-17 16:10   ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-18  7:51     ` Wei Chen
2022-01-18  8:16       ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-18  9:20         ` Wei Chen
2022-01-18 14:16           ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-19  2:49             ` Wei Chen
2022-01-19  7:50               ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-19  8:33                 ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 05/37] xen: decouple NUMA from ACPI in Kconfig Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 06/37] xen/arm: use !CONFIG_NUMA to keep fake NUMA API Wei Chen
2021-09-24  0:05   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24 10:21     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 07/37] xen/x86: use paddr_t for addresses in NUMA node structure Wei Chen
2021-09-24  0:11   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  0:13     ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  3:00       ` Wei Chen
2022-01-18 15:22   ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-19  6:33     ` Wei Chen
2022-01-19  7:55       ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-19  8:36         ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 08/37] xen/x86: add detection of discontinous node memory range Wei Chen
2021-09-24  0:25   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  4:28     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-24 19:52       ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-26 10:11         ` Wei Chen
2021-09-27  3:13           ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-27  5:05             ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-27  9:50               ` Wei Chen
2021-09-27 17:19                 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-28  4:41                   ` Wei Chen
2021-09-28  4:59                     ` Stefano Stabellini
2022-01-18 16:13   ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-19  7:33     ` Wei Chen
2022-01-19  8:01       ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-19  8:24         ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 09/37] xen/x86: introduce two helpers to access memory hotplug end Wei Chen
2021-09-24  0:29   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  4:21     ` Wei Chen
2022-01-24 16:24   ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-26  7:53     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 10/37] xen/x86: use helpers to access/update mem_hotplug Wei Chen
2021-09-24  0:31   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  4:29     ` Wei Chen
2022-01-24 16:29   ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-26  7:58     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 11/37] xen/x86: abstract neutral code from acpi_numa_memory_affinity_init Wei Chen
2021-09-24  0:38   ` Stefano Stabellini
2022-01-24 16:50   ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-26 10:39     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 12/37] xen/x86: decouple nodes_cover_memory from E820 map Wei Chen
2021-09-24  0:39   ` Stefano Stabellini
2022-01-24 16:59   ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-27  8:03     ` Wei Chen
2022-01-27  8:08       ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-27  9:03         ` Wei Chen
2022-01-27  9:22           ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-27  9:27             ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 13/37] xen/x86: decouple processor_nodes_parsed from acpi numa functions Wei Chen
2021-09-24  0:40   ` Stefano Stabellini
2022-01-25  9:49   ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-27  8:06     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 14/37] xen/x86: use name fw_numa to replace acpi_numa Wei Chen
2021-09-24  0:40   ` Stefano Stabellini
2022-01-25 10:12   ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-27  8:09     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 15/37] xen/x86: rename acpi_scan_nodes to numa_scan_nodes Wei Chen
2021-09-24  0:40   ` Stefano Stabellini
2022-01-25 10:17   ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-27  8:14     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 16/37] xen/x86: export srat_bad to external Wei Chen
2021-09-24  0:41   ` Stefano Stabellini
2022-01-25 10:22   ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-27  8:35     ` Wei Chen
2022-01-27  8:37       ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-27  8:47         ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 17/37] xen/x86: use CONFIG_NUMA to gate numa_scan_nodes Wei Chen
2021-09-24  0:41   ` Stefano Stabellini
2022-01-25 10:26   ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-27  8:37     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 18/37] xen: move NUMA common code from x86 to common Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 19/37] xen/x86: promote VIRTUAL_BUG_ON to ASSERT in Wei Chen
2022-01-17 16:21   ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-18  7:52     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 20/37] xen: introduce CONFIG_EFI to stub API for non-EFI architecture Wei Chen
2021-09-24  1:15   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  4:34     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-24  7:58       ` Jan Beulich
2021-09-24 10:31         ` Wei Chen
2021-09-24 10:49           ` Jan Beulich
2021-09-26 10:25             ` Wei Chen
2021-09-27 10:28               ` Wei Chen
2021-09-28  0:59                 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-28  4:16                   ` Wei Chen
2021-09-28  5:01                     ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-28  8:02                       ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-03 23:28                         ` Wei Chen
2022-01-25 10:34   ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-27  8:44     ` Wei Chen
2022-01-27  8:51       ` Wei Chen
2022-01-27  9:00         ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-27  9:09           ` Wei Chen
2022-01-27  9:16             ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-27  9:25               ` Wei Chen
2022-01-27  9:27                 ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-27 10:00                   ` Julien Grall [this message]
2022-01-28  4:35                     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 21/37] xen/arm: Keep memory nodes in dtb for NUMA when boot from EFI Wei Chen
2021-09-24  1:23   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  4:36     ` Wei Chen
2022-01-25 10:38   ` Jan Beulich
2022-01-27  8:45     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 22/37] xen/arm: use NR_MEM_BANKS to override default NR_NODE_MEMBLKS Wei Chen
2021-09-24  1:34   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-26 13:13     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-27  3:25       ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-27  4:18         ` Wei Chen
2021-09-27  4:59           ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-27  6:25             ` Julien Grall
2021-09-27  6:46             ` Wei Chen
2021-09-27  6:53               ` Wei Chen
2021-09-27  7:35                 ` Julien Grall
2021-09-27 10:21                   ` Wei Chen
2021-09-27 10:39                     ` Julien Grall
2021-09-27 16:58                       ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-28  2:57                         ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 23/37] xen/arm: implement node distance helpers for Arm Wei Chen
2021-09-24  1:46   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  4:41     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-24 19:36       ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-26 10:15         ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 24/37] xen/arm: implement two arch helpers to get memory map info Wei Chen
2021-09-24  2:06   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  4:42     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 25/37] xen/arm: implement bad_srat for Arm NUMA initialization Wei Chen
2021-09-24  2:09   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  4:45     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-24  8:07     ` Jan Beulich
2021-09-24 19:33       ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 26/37] xen/arm: build NUMA cpu_to_node map in dt_smp_init_cpus Wei Chen
2021-09-24  2:26   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  4:25     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 27/37] xen/arm: Add boot and secondary CPU to NUMA system Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 28/37] xen/arm: stub memory hotplug access helpers for Arm Wei Chen
2021-09-24  2:33   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  4:26     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 29/37] xen/arm: introduce a helper to parse device tree processor node Wei Chen
2021-09-24  2:44   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  4:46     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 30/37] xen/arm: introduce a helper to parse device tree memory node Wei Chen
2021-09-24  3:05   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  7:54     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 31/37] xen/arm: introduce a helper to parse device tree NUMA distance map Wei Chen
2021-09-24  3:05   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  5:23     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 32/37] xen/arm: unified entry to parse all NUMA data from device tree Wei Chen
2021-09-24  3:16   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  7:58     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-24 19:42       ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 33/37] xen/arm: keep guest still be NUMA unware Wei Chen
2021-09-24  3:19   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24 10:23     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 34/37] xen/arm: enable device tree based NUMA in system init Wei Chen
2021-09-24  3:28   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24  9:52     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 35/37] xen/arm: use CONFIG_NUMA to gate node_online_map in smpboot Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 36/37] xen/arm: Provide Kconfig options for Arm to enable NUMA Wei Chen
2021-09-24  3:31   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24 10:13     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-24 19:39       ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-27  8:33         ` Jan Beulich
2021-09-27  8:45           ` Julien Grall
2021-09-27  9:17             ` Jan Beulich
2021-09-27 17:17               ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-28  2:59                 ` Wei Chen
2021-09-28  3:30                   ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-09-24 10:25   ` Jan Beulich
2021-09-24 10:37     ` Wei Chen
2021-09-23 12:02 ` [PATCH 37/37] docs: update numa command line to support Arm Wei Chen

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