Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC] tools: Drop xc_cpuid_check() and bindings

[Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/19/2017 06:43 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 19/07/17 12:32, Wei Liu wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 01:38:03PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>>> There are no current users which I can locate.  One piece of xend which 
>>> didn't
>>> move forwards into xl/libxl is this:
>>>
>>>   #   Configure host CPUID consistency checks, which must be satisfied for 
>>> this
>>>   #   VM to be allowed to run on this host's processor type:
>>>   #cpuid_check=[ '1:ecx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1xxxxx' ]
>>>   # - Host must have VMX feature flag set
>>>
>>> The implementation of xc_cpuid_check() is conceptually broken.  Dom0's view 
>>> of
>>> CPUID is not the approprite view to check, and will be wrong in the presence
>>> of CPUID masking/faulting, and for HVM-based toolstack domains.
>>>
>>> If it turns out that the functionality is required, it should be implemented
>>> in terms of XEN_SYSCTL_get_cpuid_policy to use the proper CPUID view.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> CC: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: David Scott <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: Christian Lindig <christian.lindig@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@xxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> RFC initially for feedback, and to see if anyone does expect to be using 
>>> this
>>> call.  It turns out that Xapi has a library function using it, but that
>>> function is dead so can be removed.
>> FAOD I am still waiting for Oracle and Suse folks to express their
>> opinions.
> No objection from me.
>


Or from me.

-boris

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