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RE: [PATCH v6 00/11] xen/arm: Add Armv8-R64 MPU support to Xen - Part#1


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  • Thread-topic: [PATCH v6 00/11] xen/arm: Add Armv8-R64 MPU support to Xen - Part#1

Hi Julien,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: 2022年11月7日 18:16
> To: Wei Chen <Wei.Chen@xxxxxxx>; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: nd <nd@xxxxxxx>; Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>; Bertrand
> Marquis <Bertrand.Marquis@xxxxxxx>; Volodymyr Babchuk
> <Volodymyr_Babchuk@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 00/11] xen/arm: Add Armv8-R64 MPU support to Xen -
> Part#1
> 
> 
> 
> On 07/11/2022 09:52, Wei Chen wrote:
> > Hi Julien,
> 
> Hi,
> 
> >
> >>>    - Supports only a single Security state - Secure.
> >>>    - MPU in EL1 & EL2 is configurable, MMU in EL1 is configurable.
> >>>
> >>> These patch series are implementing the Armv8-R64 MPU support
> >>> for Xen, which are based on the discussion of
> >>> "Proposal for Porting Xen to Armv8-R64 - DraftC" [1].
> >>>
> >>> We will implement the Armv8-R64 and MPU support in three stages:
> >>> 1. Boot Xen itself to idle thread, do not create any guests on it.
> >>
> >> I read this as I can build Xen and see it boots (not creating domain).
> >> However... HAS_MPU is not defined and I was expecting mm.c to be
> >> modified to cater the MPU support. So I am a bit ensure what the series
> >> is actually doing.
> >>
> >
> > These 11 patches are part#1 of stage#1, the full stage#1 has about 30
> > patches. We have some concerns if we send so many patches at once, the
> > review pressure of maintainers may be very high, so we only choose about
> > 10 to send as part of it. But this also means that we can't do a
> relatively
> > complete thing in this part#1 series.
> >
> > We want to hear some suggestions from you to make so many patches can be
> > Reviewed efficiently. Can we send the patches by stages, even the
> stage#1
> > will have about 30 patches?
> 
> 30 patches in a go is no too bad. I would personally prefer that because
> at least I have better idea of the shape of the code after stage#1 and
> also possibly test it (I need to check if I have access for the ARMv8-R
> model).
> 

I also prefer to this way. After we have addressed the comments in
this series, we will send the full stage#1 patches together in v2.

For Armv8-R model, you can download Armv8-R AEM FVP model from link[1].
It's license free.

[1] https://developer.arm.com/downloads/-/arm-ecosystem-models

Cheers,
Wei Chen

> Cheers,
> 
> --
> Julien Grall

 


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