Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/3] x86/mm: Consolidate all Xen L4 slot writing into init_xen_l4_slots()

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/12/2017 02:54 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> There are currently three functions which write L4 pagetables for Xen, but
> they all behave subtly differently.  sh_install_xen_entries_in_l4() in
> particular is catering for two different usecases, which makes the safety of
> the linear mappings hard to follow.
> 
> By consolidating the L4 pagetable writing in a single function, the resulting
> setup of Xen's virtual layout is easier to understand.
> 
> No practical changes to the resulting L4, although the logic has been
> rearranged to avoid rewriting some slots.  This changes the zap_ro_mpt
> parameter to simply ro_mpt.
> 
> Both {hap,sh}_install_xen_entries_in_l4() get folded into their callers.  The
> hap side only a single caller, while the shadow side has two.  The shadow
> split helps highlight the correctness of the linear slots.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>

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