Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 0/3] map grant refs at pfn = mfn

[Thomas Leonard <talex5@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6 August 2014 15:14, Stefano Stabellini
<stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2014, Thomas Leonard wrote:
>> On 6 August 2014 14:46, Stefano Stabellini
>> <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 6 Aug 2014, Thomas Leonard wrote:
>> >> On 6 August 2014 14:35, Stefano Stabellini
>> >> <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> > On Wed, 6 Aug 2014, Thomas Leonard wrote:
>> >> >> On 1 August 2014 19:12, Thomas Leonard <talex5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >> > On 1 August 2014 18:16, Stefano Stabellini
>> >> >> > <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >> >> On Fri, 1 Aug 2014, Thomas Leonard wrote:
>> >> >> >>> On 1 August 2014 18:01, Stefano Stabellini
>> >> >> >>> <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >> >>> > On Fri, 1 Aug 2014, Thomas Leonard wrote:
>> >> >> >>> >> On 1 August 2014 17:25, Stefano Stabellini
>> >> >> >>> >> <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >> >>> >> > On Fri, 1 Aug 2014, Julien Grall wrote:
>> >> >> >>> >> >> On 01/08/14 17:16, Thomas Leonard wrote:
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > On 1 August 2014 16:13, Stefano Stabellini
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > On Fri, 1 Aug 2014, Thomas Leonard wrote:
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > On 24/07/14 14:30, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > Hi all,
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > this patch series introduces a second p2m mapping of 
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > grant reference
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > on
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > ARM at guest physical address == machine address of 
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > the grant ref.  It
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > is safe because dom0 is already mapped 1:1. We export
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > XENFEAT_grant_map_identity to signal the guest that 
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > this second p2m
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > mapping is
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > available.
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > >
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > One reason for wanting the second p2m mapping is to 
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > avoid tracking mfn
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > to pfn mappings in the guest kernel. Since the same 
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > mfn can be granted
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > multiple times to the backend, finding the right pfn 
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > corresponding to
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > a
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > given mfn can be difficult and expensive. Providing 
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > a second mapping
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > at
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > a known address allow the kernel to access the page 
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > without knowing
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > the
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > pfn.
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > >
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > Is there a version of these patches for Xen 4.4 that I 
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > can test? The
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > restriction on duplicate pages is causing trouble for 
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > networking on
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > Mirage too
>> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > (http://roscidus.com/blog/blog/2014/07/28/my-first-unikernel/#tcp-retransmissions).
>> >> >> [...]
>> >> >> >> Checkout the branch grant_map_identity_4.4_2
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thanks - it's working now!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Update: if my VM uses the network and then exits quickly, dom0 gets
>> >> >> stuck.
>> >> >
>> >> > What do you mean by exit quickly? xl destroy domain?
>> >>
>> >> The guest starts, sends a few packets and then exits (possibly before
>> >> the packets have been transmitted). This happens before "xl create"
>> >> manages to attach to the console.
>> >
>> > I haven't seen anything like this and I cannot reproduce the issue on
>> > unstable.
>>
>> Here's a test case (tested on stable-4.4 with your patches:
>> https://github.com/talex5/xen/commits/stable-4.4):
>>
>> $ wget http://test.roscidus.com/static/breaks.xen
>>
>> $ cat > breaks.xl << EOF
>> name = 'breaks'
>> kernel = 'breaks.xen'
>> builder = 'linux'
>> memory = 256
>> on_crash = 'preserve'
>> vif = [ 'mac=c0:ff:ee:c0:ff:ee,bridge=br0' ]
>> EOF
>>
>> $ sudo xl create -c breaks.xl
>> Parsing config from breaks.xl
>> xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory
>> libxl: error: libxl_exec.c:118:libxl_report_child_exitstatus: console
>> child [0] exited with error status 2
>
> I cannot repro the issue even using "breaks.xen" as guest kernel.
> What dom0 kernel are you using?
>
>
>> $ sudo xl list
>> Name                                        ID   Mem VCPUs      State   
>> Time(s)
>> Domain-0                                     0   512     2     r-----     
>> 335.1
>> (null)                                       8     0     1     --ps-d       
>> 0.1
>>
>>
>> > What if you delay the network initialization within the guest to a bit
>> > later?
>>
>> Yes, it's fine with a delay before using the network.
>
> Very interesting.

Note: the delay is before my code sends a packet, but Mirage might be
doing some DHCP stuff before that.


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