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[xen master] Revert "docs/features/dom0less: Update the late XenStore init protocol"



commit 443c488a0b3676b5c001069d14890cd8d0ec2c1d
Author:     Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed Jun 19 12:47:28 2024 +0100
Commit:     Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed Jun 19 12:48:44 2024 +0100

    Revert "docs/features/dom0less: Update the late XenStore init protocol"
    
    Michal reported that the gitlab CI is failing because of this series
    [1].
    
    This reverts commit 53c5c99e8744495395c1274595d6ca55947d1d6a.
    
    [1] https://gitlab.com/xen-project/xen/-/pipelines/1338067978
    
    Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 docs/features/dom0less.pandoc | 12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/features/dom0less.pandoc b/docs/features/dom0less.pandoc
index 8b178edee0..725afa0558 100644
--- a/docs/features/dom0less.pandoc
+++ b/docs/features/dom0less.pandoc
@@ -110,10 +110,9 @@ hotplug PV drivers to dom0less guests. E.g. xl 
network-attach domU.
 The implementation works as follows:
 - Xen allocates the xenstore event channel for each dom0less domU that
   has the "xen,enhanced" property, and sets HVM_PARAM_STORE_EVTCHN
-- Xen allocates the xenstore page and sets HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN as well
-  as the connection status to XENSTORE_RECONNECT.
-- Dom0less domU kernels check that HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN is set to
-  ~0ULL (invalid) or the connection status is *not* XENSTORE_CONNECTED.
+- Xen does *not* allocate the xenstore page and sets HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN
+  to ~0ULL (invalid)
+- Dom0less domU kernels check that HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN is set to invalid
     - Old kernels will continue without xenstore support (Note: some old
       buggy kernels might crash because they don't check the validity of
       HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN before using it! Disable "xen,enhanced" in
@@ -122,14 +121,13 @@ The implementation works as follows:
       channel (HVM_PARAM_STORE_EVTCHN) before continuing with the
       initialization
 - Once dom0 is booted, init-dom0less is executed:
-    - it gets the xenstore shared page from HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN
+    - it allocates the xenstore shared page and sets HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN
     - it calls xs_introduce_domain
 - Xenstored notices the new domain, initializes interfaces as usual, and
   sends an event channel notification to the domain using the xenstore
   event channel (HVM_PARAM_STORE_EVTCHN)
 - The Linux domU kernel receives the event channel notification, checks
-  HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN and the connection status again and continue with
-  the initialization
+  HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN again and continue with the initialization
 
 
 Limitations
--
generated by git-patchbot for /home/xen/git/xen.git#master



 


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