[Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 0/7] xen: Hardware domain support

[Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This adds support to the hypervisor for the creation of a hardware
domain distinct from domain 0, allowing further disaggregation of the
duties of domain 0.  The commit message for patch 1 contains a more
complete description of the distinction between the hardware domain and
control domain(s).  Making the hardware domain distinct from domain 0
allows it to be further de-privileged using an XSM policy: the hardware
domain does not need to be permitted access to create or modify other
domains in order to act as a device backend for them.

Changes since v1:
 - More complete conversion to is_hardware_domain (convert "== dom0")
 - Rename "dom0" global variable and associated functions
 - Avoid locating the hardware_domid variable in x86-only code
 - Require using "xl destroy -f 0" to destroy domain 0 to retain the
   existing guard against accidental attempts to destroy domain 0 that
   will still cause disruption of the platform.
 - Add an XSM permission check so that the security label of the
   hardware domain can be limited by the policy.
 - Rebase against updated xen/staging

[PATCH 1/7] xen: use domid check in is_hardware_domain
[PATCH 2/7] xen/iommu: Move dom0 setup to __hwdom_init
[PATCH 3/7] xen: prevent 0 from being used as a dynamic domid
[PATCH 4/7] xen: rename dom0 to hardware_domain
[PATCH 5/7] xen: rename various functions referencing dom0
[PATCH 6/7] xen: Allow hardare domain != dom0
[PATCH 7/7] tools/libxl: Allow dom0 to be destroyed

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