[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/6] xen: extend XEN_DOMCTL_memory_mapping to handle cacheability
Hi, On 22/04/2019 18:33, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Sun, 21 Apr 2019, Julien Grall wrote: >> Hi Stefano, >> >> On 4/20/19 12:20 AM, Stefano Stabellini wrote: >>> On Wed, 27 Feb 2019, Julien Grall wrote: >>>>> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/p2m.c b/xen/arch/arm/p2m.c >>>>> index 30cfb01..5b8fcc5 100644 >>>>> --- a/xen/arch/arm/p2m.c >>>>> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/p2m.c >>>>> @@ -1068,9 +1068,24 @@ int unmap_regions_p2mt(struct domain *d, >>>>> int map_mmio_regions(struct domain *d, >>>>> gfn_t start_gfn, >>>>> unsigned long nr, >>>>> - mfn_t mfn) >>>>> + mfn_t mfn, >>>>> + uint32_t cache_policy) >>>> >>>> Rather than extending map_mmio_regions, I would prefer if we kill this >>>> function (and unmap_mmio_mmio_regions) and instead use map_regions_p2mt. >>>> >>>> This means the conversation to p2mt should be done in the DOMCTL handling. >>> >>> map_regions_p2mt is an arm specific function. map_mmio_regions is the >>> common function across x86 and arm, called from common code. >> >> I really dislike the idea to have two functions doing exactly the same but >> have different parameters. > > In all fairness, it was already the case before this patch series: Not really... > > int map_mmio_regions(struct domain *d, > gfn_t start_gfn, > unsigned long nr, > mfn_t mfn); ... this one always map with p2m_mmio_dev ... > int map_regions_p2mt(struct domain *d, > gfn_t gfn, > unsigned long nr, > mfn_t mfn, > p2m_type_t p2mt); ... this one allow you to configure the p2m type. Anyway, I wasn't already happy with that. Now, you have two functions that will allow you to configure it. How does a user know which one to use? > >> If map_regions_p2mt can't be used in the common code, then I would like that >> map_mmio_regions to be renamed to arch_domctl_map_mmio_regions (or something >> similar). So it is pretty clear it should be not used in other places. >> >> All the other callers of map_mmio_regions should be replaced with >> map_regions_p2mt. > > Either way works, but I would like an agreement with the x86 maintainers > before I make any changes to the common interface. Just to be clear, the suggested interface as it stands for Arm is a no-go. I don't want to turn a bad interface to one that is worst and more confusing. Cheers, -- Julien Grall _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel
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