[RFC PATCH 3/4] x86/public: Expose physaddr_abi through Xen HVM CPUID leaf

["Teddy Astie" <teddy.astie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The guest needs to know this information before attempting to make a hypercall
(especially ones to fetch XENFEAT_*).

Signed-off-by: Teddy Astie <teddy.astie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/arch/x86/cpuid.c                | 3 +++
 xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpuid.h | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpuid.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpuid.c
index 8dc68945f7..a721499920 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpuid.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpuid.c
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ static void cpuid_hypervisor_leaves(const struct vcpu *v, 
uint32_t leaf,
          */
         res->a |= XEN_HVM_CPUID_UPCALL_VECTOR;
 
+        /* Indicate if the guest uses the physical addresses hypercall ABI. */
+        if ( is_hvm_physaddr_abi(v->domain) )
+            res->a |= XEN_HVM_CPUID_PHYS_ADDR_ABI;
         break;
 
     case 5: /* PV-specific parameters */
diff --git a/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpuid.h 
b/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpuid.h
index 3bb0dd249f..b8ceb833d7 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpuid.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpuid.h
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@
  * bound to event channels.
  */
 #define XEN_HVM_CPUID_UPCALL_VECTOR    (1u << 6)
+/* Hypercalls are using physical addresses instead of linear ones. */
+#define XEN_HVM_CPUID_PHYS_ADDR_ABI    (1u << 7)
 
 /*
  * Leaf 6 (0x40000x05)
-- 
2.47.2



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