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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 2/5] vTPM: limit libxl__add_vtpms() function to para virtual machine



On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 02:17:36AM +0000, Xu, Quan wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wei Liu [mailto:wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 8:53 PM
> > To: Xu, Quan
> > Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx;
> > wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] vTPM: limit libxl__add_vtpms() function to para
> > virtual machine
> > 
> > On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 11:45:02PM -0500, Quan Xu wrote:
> > > Signed-off-by: Quan Xu <quan.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  tools/libxl/libxl_create.c | 5 +++--
> > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
> > > index b1ff5ae..0a09925 100644
> > > --- a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
> > > +++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
> > > @@ -1358,8 +1358,9 @@ static void domcreate_attach_vtpms(libxl__egc
> > *egc,
> > >         goto error_out;
> > >     }
> > >
> > > -    /* Plug vtpm devices */
> > > -   if (d_config->num_vtpms > 0) {
> > > +   /* Plug vtpm devices for para virtual domain*/
> > > +   if (d_config->num_vtpms > 0 &&
> > > +       d_config->b_info.type == LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_PV) {
> > 
> > It's unclear to me why you stub out HVM domain. You need to state your
> > reasoning in comment and commit log. :-/
> 
> In brief, it is different to plug vtpm device for HVM/PV domain. I will try 
> to describe more detailed in next v3. Thanks Wei.
> 

I got that idea when I read your later patch. But stubbing out PV here
is wrong. Essentially this patch introduces a functional regression by
itself because now you can't add vtpms for PV. I doubt that you will
still need this patch in your next round.  See my reply to patch 4/5.

Wei.

> Thanks 
> Quan Xu
> > 
> > Wei.
> > 
> > >         /* Attach vtpms */
> > >         libxl__multidev_begin(ao, &dcs->multidev);
> > >         dcs->multidev.callback = domcreate_attach_pci;
> > > --
> > > 1.8.3.2

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