Re: [PATCH 04/12] x86/xen: add system core suspend and resume callbacks

[Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/3/20 6:40 PM, Agarwal, Anchal wrote:
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>     On 5/19/20 7:26 PM, Anchal Agarwal wrote:
>     > From: Munehisa Kamata <kamatam@xxxxxxxxxx>
>     >
>     > Add Xen PVHVM specific system core callbacks for PM suspend and
>     > hibernation support. The callbacks suspend and resume Xen
>     > primitives,like shared_info, pvclock and grant table. Note that
>     > Xen suspend can handle them in a different manner, but system
>     > core callbacks are called from the context.
>
>
>     I don't think I understand that last sentence.
>
> Looks like it may have cryptic meaning of stating that xen_suspend calls 
> syscore_suspend from xen_suspend
> So, if these syscore ops gets called  during xen_suspend do not do anything. 
> Check if the mode is in xen suspend 
> and return from there. These syscore_ops are specifically for domU 
> hibernation.
> I must admit, I may have overlooked lack of explanation of some implicit 
> details in the original commit msg. 
>
>     >  So if the callbacks
>     > are called from Xen suspend context, return immediately.
>     >
>
>
>     > +
>     > +static int xen_syscore_suspend(void)
>     > +{
>     > +     struct xen_remove_from_physmap xrfp;
>     > +     int ret;
>     > +
>     > +     /* Xen suspend does similar stuffs in its own logic */
>     > +     if (xen_suspend_mode_is_xen_suspend())
>     > +             return 0;


With your explanation now making this clearer, is this check really
necessary? From what I see we are in XEN_SUSPEND mode when
lock_system_sleep() lock is taken, meaning that we can't initialize
hibernation.


>     > +
>     > +     xrfp.domid = DOMID_SELF;
>     > +     xrfp.gpfn = __pa(HYPERVISOR_shared_info) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>     > +
>     > +     ret = HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_remove_from_physmap, &xrfp);
>     > +     if (!ret)
>     > +             HYPERVISOR_shared_info = &xen_dummy_shared_info;
>     > +
>     > +     return ret;
>     > +}
>     > +
>     > +static void xen_syscore_resume(void)
>     > +{
>     > +     /* Xen suspend does similar stuffs in its own logic */
>     > +     if (xen_suspend_mode_is_xen_suspend())
>     > +             return;
>     > +
>     > +     /* No need to setup vcpu_info as it's already moved off */
>     > +     xen_hvm_map_shared_info();
>     > +
>     > +     pvclock_resume();
>     > +
>     > +     gnttab_resume();
>
>
>     Do you call gnttab_suspend() in pm suspend path?
> No, since it does nothing for HVM guests. The unmap_frames is only applicable 
> for PV guests right?


You should call it nevertheless. It will decide whether or not anything
needs to be done.


-boris