[Xen-devel] Re: [pvops-dom0]Let PV ops guest could handle Machine Check trap

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>]

On 09/21/09 23:32, Ke, Liping wrote:
> Hi, Jeremy and all
>
> This small patch lets pv ops guest handle machine check trap. When non
> fatal mce error happens, xen will inject vMCE# to the impacted pv ops guest.
> This patch allows pv ops guest could receive machine check trap and enter
> its own machine check handler.
>   

Have you tested this?  This code is specifically to deal with traps
installed using an IST stack.  If the machine_check handler just works
as-is then there's no need for that whole ifdef block.  If it doesn't
work, then we need a variant which has the right exception frame format.

Thanks,
    J

> Thanks & Regards,
> Criping
>
>
> From 5efc12fe8214d55e2becc2c4b6ec4a30531d7b60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Liping Ke <liping.ke@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:46:05 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] Let PV guest handle machine check trap.
>
> This patch lets pv ops guest handle machine check trap. When non
> fatal mce error happens, XEN will inject vMCE# to the pv ops guest
> This patch allows pv ops guest could receive machine check trap 
> and enter its own machine check handler.
>
> Signed-off-by: Liping Ke <liping.ke@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> index 1edf6a8..3399a40 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> @@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static int cvt_gate_to_trap(int vector, const gate_desc 
> *val,
>               return 0;
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE
>       } else if (addr == (unsigned long)machine_check) {
> -             return 0;
> +             addr = (unsigned long)machine_check;
>  #endif
>       } else {
>               /* Some other trap using IST? */
>   


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