Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC v2 04/12] xen/mem_event: Abstract architecture specific sanity checks

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 27.08.14 at 23:54, <tamas.lengyel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>  On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> >>> On 27.08.14 at 16:06, <tklengyel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > --- a/xen/common/mem_event.c
>>> > +++ b/xen/common/mem_event.c
>>> > @@ -424,6 +424,19 @@ int __mem_event_claim_slot(struct domain *d,
>>> struct mem_event_domain *med,
>>> >          return mem_event_grab_slot(med, (current->domain != d));
>>> >  }
>>> >
>>> > +static inline bool_t mem_event_sanity_check(struct domain *d)
>>> > +{
>>> > +    /* Only HAP is supported */
>>> > +    if ( !hap_enabled(d) )
>>> > +        return 0;
>>> > +
>>> > +    /* Currently only EPT is supported */
>>> > +    if ( !cpu_has_vmx )
>>> > +        return 0;
>>> > +
>>> > +    return 1;
>>> > +}
>>>
>>> So what does it buy us to have this in a separate function, but
>>> still in the same common file?
>>>
>>
>> This patch really just sets up the ground for ARM where these checks are
>> not required and will just return 1.
>>
> 
> In the next series I'll actually relocate this function into architecture
> specific p2m.h and rename it p2m_mem_event_sanity_check. Same for the
> mem_access sanity check function.

Sounds like suboptimal patch splitting then...

Jan


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