Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 01/15] xen: add xenstore domain flag to hypervisor

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/01/16 14:22, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 08/01/16 15:07, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>> On 08.01.16 at 14:08, <JGross@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> --- a/xen/common/domain.c
>>> +++ b/xen/common/domain.c
>>> @@ -318,6 +318,12 @@ struct domain *domain_create(domid_t domid, unsigned 
>>> int domcr_flags,
>>>          hardware_domain = d;
>>>      }
>>>  
>>> +    if ( domcr_flags & DOMCRF_xs_domain )
>>> +    {
>>> +        d->is_xenstore = 1;
>>> +        d->disable_migrate = 1;
>>> +    }
>> It only occurred to me now: Wouldn't it be worth denying the domain
>> creation request if there already is a xenstore domain?
> Hmm, the only cases where this would make sense would be:
>
> - some bug in dom0 resulting in parallel calls of init-xenstore-domain
> - an out-of-tree tool in dom0 (or another domain capable of creating
>   domains) creating a domain with the xenstore flag set
>
> I'm really not sure what would be best here. Should the hypervisor
> really be responsible for this decision?
>
> In case it is desired, I can modify the patch accordingly (the
> modification would be trivial).

For now, it might be better to knobble it in Xen to weed out bugs.

However, given future plans for restartable or multiple xenstores, I
could easily see it becoming a valid option.

~Andrew

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