From: Julien Grall <julien@xen.org>
To: Ian Jackson <iwj@xenproject.org>,
Bertrand Marquis <Bertrand.Marquis@arm.com>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Rahul Singh <rahul.singh@arm.com>,
Wei Liu <wl@xen.org>, Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>,
Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>,
Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>,
Volodymyr Babchuk <Volodymyr_Babchuk@epam.com>,
Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@arm.com>,
Andre Przywara <Andre.Przywara@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] arm/libxl: Emulated PCI device tree node in libxl [and 1 more messages]
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 08:28:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6f82141c-8a0b-1e30-a996-223f7c0c508d@xen.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <24936.28385.679884.535704@mariner.uk.xensource.com>
Hi Ian,
On 14/10/2021 18:54, Ian Jackson wrote:
> (Replying to both the earlier subthread on v5 and to the new v6
> patch.)
>
> Bertrand Marquis writes ("Re: [PATCH v5 10/11] arm/libxl: Emulated PCI device tree node in libxl"):
>> Now you suggest to add a new field arm_vpci in libxl__domain_create_state.
>
> Hi. I was handwaving, hence "probably" :-). I hadn't actually looked
> at the existing code to see precisely how it would fit.
>
>> Once we have done that I will need to access this structure to know if I need
>> to add the DT part and somehow to give it a value depending something which
>> for now would the number of pcidevs as there will be no user parameter anymore.
>
> Right.
>
> I looked at libxl_arm.c again:
>
> It seems that the main entrypoint to all this is libxl__prepare_dtb,
> and it is that function you want to do new stuff. That gets
> libxl_domain_build_info (which is specified by the IDL and comes from
> outside libxl, subject to libxl's default-filling machinery) and
> libxl__domain_build_state (which is the general state struct).
>
> The information you need is is libxl_domain_create_info.
> libxl__domain_config_setdefault already arranges to set
> c_info->passthrough based on the number of PCI PT devices
> (search for `need_pt` in libxl_create.c).
>
> That is, as I understand it on ARM vpci should be enabled if
> passthrough is enabled and not otherwise. That is precisely what
> the variable c_info->passthrough is.
On Arm, c_info->passthrough is also set when assigning platform devives
(e.g. a non-PCI network card). At least for now, we don't want to create
a node for vCPI in the Device-Tree because we don't enable the
emulation. So...
>
> There is a slight issue because of the distinction between create_info
> and build_info and domain_config (and, the corresponding _state)
> structs. Currently the DT code ony gets b_info, not the whole
> libxl_domain_config. These distinctions largely historical nowadays.
> Certainly there is no reason not to pass a pointer to the whole
> libxl_domain_config, rather than just libxl_domain_build_info, into
> libxl__arch_domain_init_hw_description.
>
> So I think the right approach for this looks something like this:
>
> 1. Change libxl__arch_domain_init_hw_description to take
> libxl_domain_config* rather than libxl_domain_build_info*.
> libxl_domain_config contains libxl_domain_build_info so
> this is easy.
>
> If you put in a convenience alias variable for the
> libxl_domain_build_info* you can avoid extra typing in the function
> body. (If you call the convenience alias `info` you won't need to
> change the body at all, but maybe `info` isn't the best name so you
> could rename it to `b_info` maybe; up to you.)
>
> 2. Make the same change to libxl__prepare_dtb.
>
> 3. Now you can use d_config->c_info.passthrough to gate the addition
> of the additional stuff to the DT. Ie, that is a respin of this
> patch 3/3.
... we will need to check d_config->num_pcidevs for the time being.
Cheers,
--
Julien Grall
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-15 7:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 190+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-06 17:40 [PATCH v5 00/11] PCI devices passthrough on Arm Rahul Singh
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 01/11] xen/arm: xc_domain_ioport_permission(..) not supported on ARM Rahul Singh
2021-10-11 11:47 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 12:11 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 13:20 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 13:40 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 13:57 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 14:16 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 16:32 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 17:11 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 8:29 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-12 8:41 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 9:32 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-12 9:38 ` Oleksandr Andrushchenko
2021-10-12 10:01 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-12 10:06 ` Oleksandr Andrushchenko
2021-10-12 10:20 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-12 10:41 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 10:44 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-12 14:53 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-12 16:15 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 16:29 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-12 20:42 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-13 8:07 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-13 11:52 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-13 8:02 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-13 12:02 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-12 9:40 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 10:03 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-11 14:16 ` Oleksandr Andrushchenko
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 02/11] xen/arm: Add PHYSDEVOP_pci_device_(*add/remove) support for ARM Rahul Singh
2021-10-07 0:05 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-07 12:58 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-21 9:28 ` xen/arm: Missing appropriate locking for the IOMMU (WAS Re: [PATCH v5 02/11] xen/arm: Add PHYSDEVOP_pci_device_(*add/remove) support for ARM) Julien Grall
2021-10-21 13:15 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-21 13:47 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-21 13:52 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 03/11] xen/arm: Add cmdline boot option "pci-passthrough = <boolean>" Rahul Singh
2021-10-07 8:27 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-07 8:32 ` Rahul Singh
2021-10-07 12:59 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 04/11] xen/arm: PCI host bridge discovery within XEN on ARM Rahul Singh
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 05/11] xen/arm: Add support for Xilinx ZynqMP PCI host controller Rahul Singh
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 06/11] xen/arm: Implement pci access functions Rahul Singh
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 07/11] xen/domctl: Introduce XEN_DOMCTL_CDF_vpci flag Rahul Singh
2021-10-07 13:08 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-08 18:06 ` Andrew Cooper
2021-10-08 21:12 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-08 21:46 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-11 9:24 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-11 11:29 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-11 11:35 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-11 13:17 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 9:48 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-11 9:27 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 12:06 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-12 10:38 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-13 8:30 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-13 9:36 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-13 10:56 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-13 12:11 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-13 12:57 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-13 20:41 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-14 6:23 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-14 7:53 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-13 14:28 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-13 20:53 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-13 23:21 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-12 21:48 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-13 6:18 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-13 7:11 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 08/11] xen/arm: Enable the existing x86 virtual PCI support for ARM Rahul Singh
2021-10-07 13:43 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-11 12:41 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 13:09 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-11 13:34 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 14:10 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-11 14:52 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 18:18 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-12 8:04 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-12 21:37 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-13 6:10 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-13 10:02 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-13 12:21 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-12 15:04 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-12 16:12 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 16:20 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-12 17:50 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 10:51 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 16:12 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 16:20 ` Oleksandr Andrushchenko
2021-10-11 16:43 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 17:15 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-11 18:30 ` Oleksandr Andrushchenko
2021-10-11 19:27 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-12 5:34 ` Oleksandr Andrushchenko
2021-10-12 7:44 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 14:32 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-12 14:34 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-13 8:45 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-13 9:48 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-13 10:33 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-13 13:00 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-13 14:51 ` Oleksandr Andrushchenko
2021-10-13 15:15 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-13 19:27 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-14 6:33 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-14 7:53 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-14 9:03 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-14 9:24 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 09/11] xen/arm: Transitional change to build HAS_VPCI on ARM Rahul Singh
2021-10-11 11:43 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-11 12:15 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-12 1:32 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 10/11] arm/libxl: Emulated PCI device tree node in libxl Rahul Singh
2021-10-06 18:01 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-07 0:26 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-07 15:31 ` Rahul Singh
2021-10-07 10:53 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-07 15:29 ` Rahul Singh
2021-10-07 16:11 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-11 13:46 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-14 17:16 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-14 14:49 ` [PATCH v6 0/3] PCI devices passthrough on Arm Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-14 14:49 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] xen/vpci: Move ecam access functions to common code Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-14 16:06 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-14 17:09 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 6:29 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 7:37 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 8:13 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 8:20 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 8:24 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 9:49 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-14 23:47 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-15 7:44 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-15 7:53 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 9:53 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-15 10:12 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:14 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-14 14:49 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] xen/arm: Enable the existing x86 virtual PCI support for ARM Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-14 23:49 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-15 6:40 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 9:59 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-15 10:10 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 8:00 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 10:09 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:14 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-15 10:18 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 11:35 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-15 12:13 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 12:18 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 12:28 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 13:00 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 13:10 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:38 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 8:32 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-15 8:42 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-15 9:52 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:13 ` Luca Fancellu
2021-10-15 10:17 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:19 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-15 10:31 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:24 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 10:33 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:41 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 10:48 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 10:51 ` Jan Beulich
2021-10-15 11:08 ` Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-15 13:47 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-15 14:00 ` Luca Fancellu
2021-10-15 14:32 ` Roger Pau Monné
2021-10-14 14:49 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] arm/libxl: Emulated PCI device tree node in libxl Bertrand Marquis
2021-10-14 17:54 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] arm/libxl: Emulated PCI device tree node in libxl [and 1 more messages] Ian Jackson
2021-10-14 23:50 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-15 7:28 ` Julien Grall [this message]
2021-10-15 7:41 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-15 9:01 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-15 10:02 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-15 10:58 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-15 11:04 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-15 11:46 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-15 11:53 ` Michal Orzel
2021-10-15 12:10 ` Julien Grall
2021-10-15 12:14 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-15 12:13 ` Ian Jackson
2021-10-12 15:03 ` [PATCH v5 10/11] arm/libxl: Emulated PCI device tree node in libxl Ian Jackson
2021-10-06 17:40 ` [PATCH v5 11/11] xen/arm: Add linux,pci-domain property for hwdom if not available Rahul Singh
2021-10-13 20:54 ` Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-07 19:54 ` [PATCH v5 00/11] PCI devices passthrough on Arm Stefano Stabellini
2021-10-07 21:29 ` Rahul Singh
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