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From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
To: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>,
	Haozhong Zhang <haozhong.zhang@intel.com>,
	Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>, Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>,
	George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com>,
	Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
	Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com>,
	Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
	George Dunlap <george.dunlap@citrix.com>,
	xen-devel@lists.xen.org, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>,
	Jun Nakajima <jun.nakajima@intel.com>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC Design Doc] Add vNVDIMM support for Xen
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 10:35:09 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160203153509.GF20732@char.us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1602031522000.16539@kaball.uk.xensource.com>

On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 03:22:59PM +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Feb 2016, George Dunlap wrote:
> > On 03/02/16 12:02, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > On Wed, 3 Feb 2016, Haozhong Zhang wrote:
> > >> Or, we can make a file system on /dev/pmem0, create files on it, set
> > >> the owner of those files to xen-qemuuser-domid$domid, and then pass
> > >> those files to QEMU. In this way, non-root QEMU should be able to
> > >> mmap those files.
> > > 
> > > Maybe that would work. Worth adding it to the design, I would like to
> > > read more details on it.
> > > 
> > > Also note that QEMU initially runs as root but drops privileges to
> > > xen-qemuuser-domid$domid before the guest is started. Initially QEMU
> > > *could* mmap /dev/pmem0 while is still running as root, but then it
> > > wouldn't work for any devices that need to be mmap'ed at run time
> > > (hotplug scenario).
> > 
> > This is basically the same problem we have for a bunch of other things,
> > right?  Having xl open a file and then pass it via qmp to qemu should
> > work in theory, right?
> 
> Is there one /dev/pmem? per assignable region? Otherwise it wouldn't be
> safe.

Can be - which may be interleaved on multiple NVDIMMs. But we would operate
on files (on the /dev/pmem which has an DAX enabled filesystem).

  reply	other threads:[~2016-02-03 15:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 121+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-01  5:44 [RFC Design Doc] Add vNVDIMM support for Xen Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-01 18:25 ` Andrew Cooper
2016-02-02  3:27   ` Tian, Kevin
2016-02-02  3:44   ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-02 11:09     ` Andrew Cooper
2016-02-02  6:33 ` Tian, Kevin
2016-02-02  7:39   ` Zhang, Haozhong
2016-02-02  7:48     ` Tian, Kevin
2016-02-02  7:53       ` Zhang, Haozhong
2016-02-02  8:03         ` Tian, Kevin
2016-02-02  8:49           ` Zhang, Haozhong
2016-02-02 19:01   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-02-02 17:11 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-02-03  7:00   ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-03  9:13     ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-03 14:09       ` Andrew Cooper
2016-02-03 14:23         ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-05 14:40         ` Ross Philipson
2016-02-06  1:43           ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-06 16:17             ` Ross Philipson
2016-02-03 12:02     ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-02-03 13:11       ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-03 14:20         ` Andrew Cooper
2016-02-04  3:10           ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-03 15:16       ` George Dunlap
2016-02-03 15:22         ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-02-03 15:35           ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [this message]
2016-02-03 15:35           ` George Dunlap
2016-02-04  2:55           ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-04 12:24             ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-02-15  3:16               ` Zhang, Haozhong
2016-02-16 11:14                 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-02-16 12:55                   ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-17  9:03                     ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-04  7:30                     ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-16 12:55                       ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-16 13:13                         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-16 13:16                         ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-16 13:55                           ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-16 14:23                             ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-16 14:55                               ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-16 15:23                                 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-17  8:58                                   ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-17 11:04                                     ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-17 12:44                                       ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-17 12:59                                         ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-17 13:29                                           ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-17 13:52                                             ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-17 14:00                                             ` Ian Jackson
2016-03-17 14:21                                               ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-29  8:47                                                 ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-29  9:11                                                   ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-29 10:10                                                     ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-29 10:49                                                       ` Jan Beulich
2016-04-08  5:02                                                         ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-04-08 15:52                                                           ` Jan Beulich
2016-04-12  8:45                                                             ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-04-21  5:09                                                               ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-04-21  7:04                                                                 ` Jan Beulich
2016-04-22  2:36                                                                   ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-04-22  8:24                                                                     ` Jan Beulich
2016-04-22 10:16                                                                       ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-04-22 10:53                                                                         ` Jan Beulich
2016-04-22 12:26                                                                           ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-04-22 12:36                                                                             ` Jan Beulich
2016-04-22 12:54                                                                               ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-04-22 13:22                                                                                 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-17 13:32                                         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-02-03 15:47       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-02-04  2:36         ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-15  9:04         ` Zhang, Haozhong
2016-02-02 19:15 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-02-03  8:28   ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-03  9:18     ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-03 12:22       ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-03 12:38         ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-03 12:49           ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-03 14:30       ` Andrew Cooper
2016-02-03 14:39         ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-15  8:43   ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-15 11:07     ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-17  9:01       ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-17  9:08         ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-18  7:42           ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-19  2:14             ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-01  7:39               ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-01 18:33                 ` Ian Jackson
2016-03-01 18:49                   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-02  7:14                     ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-02 13:03                       ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-04  2:20                         ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-08  9:15                           ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-08  9:27                             ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-09 12:22                               ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-09 16:17                                 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-10  3:27                                   ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-17 11:05                                   ` Ian Jackson
2016-03-17 13:37                                     ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-17 13:56                                       ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-17 14:22                                         ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-17 14:12                                       ` Xu, Quan
2016-03-17 14:22                                         ` Zhang, Haozhong
2016-03-07 20:53                       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-08  5:50                         ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-18 17:17 ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-24 13:28   ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-24 14:00     ` Ross Philipson
2016-02-24 16:42       ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-24 17:50         ` Ross Philipson
2016-02-24 14:24     ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-24 15:48       ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-24 16:54         ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-28 14:48           ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-29  9:01             ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-29  9:45               ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-29 10:12                 ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-29 11:52                   ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-02-29 12:04                     ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-29 12:22                       ` Haozhong Zhang
2016-03-01 13:51                         ` Ian Jackson
2016-03-01 15:04                           ` Jan Beulich

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