[Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/x86: p2m: Don't initialize slot 0 of the P2M

[Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>]

From: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>

It is not entirely clear why the slot 0 of each p2m should be populated
with empty page-tables. The commit introducing it 759af8e3800 "[HVM]
Fix 64-bit HVM domain creation." does not contain meaningful
explanation except that it was necessary for shadow.

As we don't seem to have a good explanation why this is there, drop the
code completely.

This was tested by successfully booting a HVM with shadow enabled.

Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>

---

I don't know for sure if this is going to break a setup. I have tried
HVM guest with hap={0, 1} without any trouble. I am happy to try more
setup if you have any in mind.

If this break a setup, then please describe the setup and I will send a
documentation patch instead.
---
 xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c | 14 +-------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c b/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c
index 49cc138362..961bed0635 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c
@@ -688,7 +688,6 @@ int p2m_alloc_table(struct p2m_domain *p2m)
 {
     mfn_t top_mfn;
     struct domain *d = p2m->domain;
-    int rc = 0;
 
     p2m_lock(p2m);
 
@@ -721,19 +720,8 @@ int p2m_alloc_table(struct p2m_domain *p2m)
     if ( hap_enabled(d) )
         iommu_share_p2m_table(d);
 
-    P2M_PRINTK("populating p2m table\n");
-
-    /* Initialise physmap tables for slot zero. Other code assumes this. */
-    p2m->defer_nested_flush = 1;
-    rc = p2m_set_entry(p2m, _gfn(0), INVALID_MFN, PAGE_ORDER_4K,
-                       p2m_invalid, p2m->default_access);
-    p2m->defer_nested_flush = 0;
     p2m_unlock(p2m);
-    if ( !rc )
-        P2M_PRINTK("p2m table initialised for slot zero\n");
-    else
-        P2M_PRINTK("failed to initialise p2m table for slot zero (%d)\n", rc);
-    return rc;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.17.1


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