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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V3] x86/altp2m: Hypercall to set altp2m view visibility
- To: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- From: Alexandru Stefan ISAILA <aisaila@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:51:27 +0000
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- Thread-topic: [PATCH V3] x86/altp2m: Hypercall to set altp2m view visibility
On 20.02.2020 14:21, George Dunlap wrote:
> On 2/19/20 9:18 AM, Alexandru Stefan ISAILA wrote:
>> At this moment a guest can call vmfunc to change the altp2m view. This
>> should be limited in order to avoid any unwanted view switch.
>>
>> The new xc_altp2m_set_visibility() solves this by making views invisible
>> to vmfunc.
>> This is done by having a separate arch.altp2m_working_eptp that is
>> populated and made invalid in the same places as altp2m_eptp. This is
>> written to EPTP_LIST_ADDR.
>> The views are made in/visible by marking them with INVALID_MFN or
>> copying them back from altp2m_eptp.
>> To have consistency the visibility also applies to
>> p2m_switch_domain_altp2m_by_id().
>
>
> So it looks like by default the views are visible, until they're made
> non-visible?
Yes, by default all the active views are visible until they're made
non-visible.
>
> Also, does the last line mean that the toolstack can't change to a
> "non-visible" altp2m either?
The last line means that xc_altp2m_switch_to_view() will not be able to
switch to a non-visible view.
-Alex
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