From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
To: "Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org,
Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>,
Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>,
Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 27/32] libxc: change the position of the special pages
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 15:06:14 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150710190614.GF30788@l.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5596ABEF.9010004@citrix.com>
On Fri, Jul 03, 2015 at 05:36:15PM +0200, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> El 03/07/15 a les 13.35, Roger Pau Monne ha escrit:
> > Change the physical memory address of the special pages when there are no
> > emulated devices. On HVM guests the special pages have always been reserved
> > so that they end at the 0xff000 pfn, but there are some problems with this
> > approach when used without emulated devices:
> >
> > - If we want to allow HVMlite to be used for Dom0 those special pages
> > cannot be placed inside of the MMIO hole or else they may clash with MMIO
> > regions of physical devices passed-through to Dom0.
> > - If there's no emulated devices the guests needs to access the console
> > page and the command line very early during boot. This is a problem for
> > FreeBSD at least, since the early page tables only map memory up to 1GiB.
> >
> > So instead append the special pages after the kernel and ramdisk. The guest
> > must make sure it figures out the position of those pages very early during
> > boot, since the region is not marked as reserved in the memory map.
>
> After thinking a little bit about this, I don't think this is the right
> solution. Placing all the special pages after the kernel/ramdisk will
> make it quite hard to use bootloaders like pvgrub inside of HVMlite
> guests. I will see if I can come up with a better way to solve this,
> comments welcome.
Could stick at the start of memory, mark it as E820_RESV or such. Or
at 16MB or such?
>
> Roger.
>
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Thread overview: 121+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-03 11:34 [PATCH v3 00/32] Introduce HVM without dm and new boot ABI Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 01/32] libxc: split x86 HVM setup_guest into smaller logical functions Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-06 10:45 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-28 11:22 ` Wei Liu
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 02/32] libxc: unify xc_dom_p2m_{host/guest} Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-06 10:49 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-28 11:22 ` Wei Liu
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 03/32] libxc: introduce the notion of a container type Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-06 12:01 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-28 11:22 ` Wei Liu
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 04/32] libxc: introduce a domain loader for HVM guest firmware Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-06 12:11 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-28 11:22 ` Wei Liu
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 05/32] libxc: make arch_setup_meminit a xc_dom_arch hook Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-06 12:23 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-27 10:40 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-28 11:22 ` Wei Liu
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 06/32] libxc: make arch_setup_boot{init/late} xc_dom_arch hooks Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-06 12:27 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-28 11:22 ` Wei Liu
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 07/32] xen/x86: fix arch_set_info_guest for HVM guests Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-06 12:58 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-23 10:14 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-10 18:39 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2015-07-10 18:47 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2015-07-23 10:17 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-13 14:01 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-23 10:25 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-23 11:29 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-23 11:41 ` Ian Campbell
2015-07-23 15:10 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-23 15:32 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-23 15:48 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-23 15:58 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-23 16:00 ` Ian Campbell
2015-07-23 16:15 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-23 16:19 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-23 16:49 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-23 17:06 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-23 16:56 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-23 17:12 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-24 8:22 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-24 9:59 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-24 10:46 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-24 12:11 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-24 12:44 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-24 15:26 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-24 15:49 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-24 16:54 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-24 17:36 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2015-07-27 11:55 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-08-03 16:55 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-08-03 17:31 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-08-04 18:08 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-08-05 9:53 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-08-05 15:39 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-08-05 16:40 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-08-05 16:46 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-08-05 17:11 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-08-05 19:00 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-08-07 12:15 ` Tim Deegan
2015-08-11 7:26 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-24 11:11 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-24 11:28 ` Ian Campbell
2015-07-24 11:49 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-24 11:46 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-24 11:49 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-24 12:41 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-24 15:28 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 08/32] libxc: introduce a xc_dom_arch for hvm-3.0-x86_32 guests Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-06 13:40 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 09/32] libxl: switch HVM domain building to use xc_dom_* helpers Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-28 11:22 ` Wei Liu
2015-07-28 14:26 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-28 14:29 ` Wei Liu
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 10/32] libxc: remove dead HVM building code Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-06 13:46 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-23 10:27 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 11/32] xen/x86: add bitmap of enabled emulated devices Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-06 14:10 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-07 7:26 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-23 10:29 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 12/32] xen/x86: allow disabling the emulated local apic Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 13/32] xen/x86: allow disabling the emulated HPET Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 14/32] xen/x86: allow disabling the pmtimer Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 15/32] xen/x86: allow disabling the emulated RTC Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 16/32] xen/x86: allow disabling the emulated IO APIC Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 17/32] xen/x86: allow disabling the emulated PIC Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 18/32] xen/x86: allow disabling the emulated pmu Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 19/32] xen/x86: allow disabling the emulated VGA Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 20/32] xen/x86: allow disabling the emulated IOMMU Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v3 21/32] xen/x86: allow disabling all emulated devices inside of Xen Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:35 ` [PATCH v3 22/32] elfnotes: intorduce a new PHYS_ENTRY elfnote Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:35 ` [PATCH v3 23/32] libxc: allow creating domains without emulated devices Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-28 11:22 ` Wei Liu
2015-07-03 11:35 ` [PATCH v3 24/32] xen: allow HVM guests to use XENMEM_memory_map Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:35 ` [PATCH v3 25/32] xen/x86: allow HVM guests to use hypercalls to bring up vCPUs Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:35 ` [PATCH v3 26/32] xenconsole: try to attach to PV console if HVM fails Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-14 13:46 ` Stefano Stabellini
2015-07-23 10:30 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-03 11:35 ` [PATCH v3 27/32] libxc: change the position of the special pages Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 15:36 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-10 19:06 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [this message]
2015-07-23 10:42 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-03 11:35 ` [PATCH v3 28/32] libxc/xen: introduce HVM_PARAM_CMDLINE_PFN Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:35 ` [PATCH v3 29/32] libxc/xen: introduce HVM_PARAM_FIRST_FREE_PFN Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-10 19:05 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2015-07-23 10:46 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-03 11:35 ` [PATCH v3 30/32] libxc/xen: introduce HVM_PARAM_MODLIST_PFN Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 11:35 ` [PATCH v3 31/32] libxc: switch xc_dom_elfloader to be used with HVMlite domains Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-10 19:07 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2015-07-23 10:48 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-03 11:35 ` [PATCH v3 32/32] libxl: allow the creation of HVM domains without a device model Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-28 11:22 ` Wei Liu
2015-07-29 14:43 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-29 14:50 ` Wei Liu
2015-07-29 14:58 ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-03 16:19 ` [PATCH v3 00/32] Introduce HVM without dm and new boot ABI David Vrabel
2015-07-03 16:36 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-10 17:44 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2015-07-10 18:01 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
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