Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] libxl: add force option for xl vcpu-pin

[Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli@citrix.com>]

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On Thu, 2016-04-14 at 17:10 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Juergen Gross writes ("[PATCH v4 3/3] libxl: add force option for xl
> vcpu-pin"):
> > 
> > 
> > +Specifying I<-f> or I<--force> will remove a temporary pinning
> > done by the
> > +operating system (normally this should be done by the operating
> > system).
> > +In case a temporary pinning is active for a vcpu the affinity of
> > this vcpu
> > +can't be changed without this option.
> This documentation needs to confirm that this can only happen to
> dom0,
> or other domains which have been granted hardware access.
> 
> Assuming that this is actually true.  If not then surely it should
> be.
> 
AFAIUI, it's like that already.

From commit 8fa0fca9f3fdaac1aead9cf61d678a0d8cce02e2:

+    case SCHEDOP_pin_override:
+    {
+        struct sched_pin_override sched_pin_override;
+
+        ret = -EPERM;
+        if ( !is_hardware_domain(current->domain) )
+            break;
+
+        ret = -EFAULT;
+        if ( copy_from_guest(&sched_pin_override, arg, 1) )
+            break;
+
+        ret = vcpu_pin_override(current, sched_pin_override.pcpu);
+
+        break;
+    }

Better saying that in the documentation makes sense, I guess.

Regards,
Dario
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