Re: [PATCH V4 01/24] x86/ioreq: Prepare IOREQ feature for making it common

[Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Oleksandr,

On 12/01/2021 21:52, Oleksandr Tyshchenko wrote:
> From: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@xxxxxxxx>
>
> As a lot of x86 code can be re-used on Arm later on, this
> patch makes some preparation to x86/hvm/ioreq.c before moving
> to the common code. This way we will get a verbatim copy
> for a code movement in subsequent patch.
>
> This patch mostly introduces specific hooks to abstract arch
> specific materials taking into the account the requirment to leave
> the "legacy" mechanism of mapping magic pages for the IOREQ servers
> x86 specific and not expose it to the common code.
>
> These hooks are named according to the more consistent new naming
> scheme right away (including dropping the "hvm" prefixes and infixes):
> - IOREQ server functions should start with "ioreq_server_"
> - IOREQ functions should start with "ioreq_"
> other functions will be renamed in subsequent patches.
>
> Also re-order #include-s alphabetically.
>
> This support is going to be used on Arm to be able run device
> emulator outside of Xen hypervisor.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@xxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>

Cheers,

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Julien Grall