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



>>> On 08.01.16 at 15:22, <JGross@xxxxxxxx> 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

Or human (admin) error?

Jan

> - 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).
> 
> 
> Juergen




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