From: Frediano Ziglio <freddy77@gmail.com>
To: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
Cc: "Frediano Ziglio" <frediano.ziglio@citrix.com>,
"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@suse.com>,
"Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
"Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@citrix.com>,
"Teddy Astie" <teddy.astie@vates.tech>,
"Anthony PERARD" <anthony.perard@vates.tech>,
"Juergen Gross" <jgross@suse.com>,
"Daniel P . Smith" <dpsmith@apertussolutions.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 12/16] xen: implement new foreign copy hypercall
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:04:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260619130501.272832-13-frediano.ziglio@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260619130501.272832-1-frediano.ziglio@citrix.com>
Add a sub hypercall to __HYPERVISOR_memory_op to allow to read/write
memory from/to a foreign domain.
Extending MMUEXT_COPY_PAGE seems better on first sight but considering
that MMUEXT is meant for PV only and trying to change that sub-op this
solution is better.
Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@citrix.com>
--
Changes since v4:
- Fix typo in comment.
Changes since v5:
- update xen_foreigncopy structure comments;
- move check for no frames after checking the domain;
- use mnemonic instead of 1U;
- fix page type checks;
- do not overwrite error copying back structure;
- latch MFN value;
- improved commit message.
---
xen/common/memory.c | 145 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
xen/include/public/memory.h | 44 ++++++++++-
2 files changed, 188 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/xen/common/memory.c b/xen/common/memory.c
index 3672bda025..98726766bf 100644
--- a/xen/common/memory.c
+++ b/xen/common/memory.c
@@ -1545,6 +1545,139 @@ static int acquire_resource(
return rc;
}
+/*
+ * The "noinline" qualifier avoids the compiler to create a large function
+ * consuming quite a lot of stack.
+ */
+static int noinline mem_foreigncopy(
+ XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_PARAM(xen_foreigncopy_t) arg)
+{
+ struct domain *d, *const currd = current->domain;
+ xen_foreigncopy_t copy;
+ int rc, direction;
+
+ if ( copy_from_guest(©, arg, 1) )
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ if ( copy.flags & ~XENMEM_foreigncopy_direction )
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ direction = copy.flags & XENMEM_foreigncopy_direction;
+
+ rc = rcu_lock_remote_domain_by_id(copy.domid, &d);
+ if ( rc )
+ return rc;
+
+ if ( copy.nr_frames == 0 )
+ {
+ rcu_unlock_domain(d);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Check we are allowed to map and access these foreign pages.
+ */
+ rc = xsm_map_gmfn_foreign(XSM_TARGET, currd, d);
+ if ( rc )
+ goto out;
+
+ do {
+ /*
+ * Arbitrary size. Not too much stack space, and a reasonable stride
+ * for continuation checks.
+ */
+ xen_pfn_t gfn_list[32];
+ unsigned int todo = MIN(ARRAY_SIZE(gfn_list), copy.nr_frames);
+
+ rc = -EFAULT;
+ if ( copy_from_guest(gfn_list, copy.frame_list, todo) )
+ goto out;
+
+ for ( unsigned int i = 0; i < todo; i++ )
+ {
+ struct page_info *foreign_page;
+ mfn_t foreign_mfn;
+ void *foreign;
+ p2m_type_t p2mt;
+ const unsigned long valid_mask =
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86
+ p2m_to_mask(p2m_ram_rw) | p2m_to_mask(p2m_ram_logdirty);
+#else
+ p2m_to_mask(p2m_ram_rw);
+#endif
+
+ foreign_page = get_page_from_gfn(d, gfn_list[i], &p2mt, P2M_ALLOC);
+
+ if ( unlikely(!(p2m_to_mask(p2mt) & valid_mask)) && foreign_page )
+ {
+ put_page(foreign_page);
+ foreign_page = NULL;
+ }
+ if ( unlikely(!foreign_page) )
+ {
+ gdprintk(XENLOG_WARNING,
+ "Error accessing foreign gfn %" PRI_gfn "\n",
+ gfn_list[i]);
+ rc = -EINVAL;
+ copy.nr_frames -= i;
+ guest_handle_add_offset(copy.frame_list, i);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ foreign_mfn = page_to_mfn(foreign_page);
+
+ /* A page is dirtied when it's being copied to. */
+ if ( direction == XENMEM_foreigncopy_to )
+ paging_mark_dirty(d, foreign_mfn);
+
+ foreign = map_domain_page(foreign_mfn);
+ if ( direction == XENMEM_foreigncopy_from )
+ rc = copy_to_guest(copy.buffer, foreign, PAGE_SIZE);
+ else
+ rc = copy_from_guest(foreign, copy.buffer, PAGE_SIZE);
+ unmap_domain_page(foreign);
+ put_page(foreign_page);
+
+ if ( unlikely(rc) )
+ {
+ gdprintk(XENLOG_WARNING,
+ "Error %d copying gfn %" PRI_gfn "\n",
+ -rc, gfn_list[i]);
+ copy.nr_frames -= i;
+ guest_handle_add_offset(copy.frame_list, i);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ guest_handle_add_offset(copy.buffer, PAGE_SIZE);
+ }
+
+ copy.nr_frames -= todo;
+ guest_handle_add_offset(copy.frame_list, todo);
+
+ if ( copy.nr_frames && hypercall_preempt_check() )
+ {
+ rc = hypercall_create_continuation(
+ __HYPERVISOR_memory_op, "lh", XENMEM_foreigncopy, arg);
+ goto out;
+ }
+ } while ( copy.nr_frames );
+
+ rc = 0;
+
+ out:
+ rcu_unlock_domain(d);
+
+ /*
+ * Update in all cases, it allows the caller to know how many
+ * frames were successfully copied and the continuation to
+ * continue correctly.
+ */
+ if ( __copy_to_guest(arg, ©, 1) && rc >= 0 )
+ rc = -EFAULT;
+
+ return rc;
+}
+
long do_memory_op(unsigned long cmd, XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_PARAM(void) arg)
{
struct domain *d, *curr_d = current->domain;
@@ -2012,6 +2145,18 @@ long do_memory_op(unsigned long cmd, XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_PARAM(void) arg)
start_extent);
break;
+ case XENMEM_foreigncopy:
+ /*
+ * Instead of using "start_extent" we update the structure back,
+ * we update it back in anyway to tell caller were the copy
+ * stopped.
+ */
+ if ( unlikely(start_extent) )
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ rc = mem_foreigncopy(guest_handle_cast(arg, xen_foreigncopy_t));
+ break;
+
default:
rc = arch_memory_op(cmd, arg);
break;
diff --git a/xen/include/public/memory.h b/xen/include/public/memory.h
index bd9fc37b52..dbf86fd595 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/memory.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/memory.h
@@ -740,7 +740,49 @@ struct xen_vnuma_topology_info {
typedef struct xen_vnuma_topology_info xen_vnuma_topology_info_t;
DEFINE_XEN_GUEST_HANDLE(xen_vnuma_topology_info_t);
-/* Next available subop number is 29 */
+/*
+ * Copy memory from/to a given domain.
+ * As this call requires target access and guest with target access won't be
+ * compat guests supported for compat guests this is not implemented.
+ */
+#define XENMEM_foreigncopy 29
+struct xen_foreigncopy {
+ /* IN - The domain whose memory is to be copied. */
+ domid_t domid;
+
+ /* IN - Flags. */
+#define XENMEM_foreigncopy_from 0
+#define XENMEM_foreigncopy_to 1
+#define XENMEM_foreigncopy_direction 1
+ uint16_t flags;
+
+ /*
+ * IN/OUT
+ *
+ * As an IN parameter number of frames of the domain to be copied.
+ * On output on error updated number of frames left.
+ */
+ uint32_t nr_frames;
+
+ /*
+ * IN/OUT
+ *
+ * Frames to be copied.
+ * On output on error updated to point to first frame unhandled.
+ */
+ XEN_GUEST_HANDLE(xen_pfn_t) frame_list;
+
+ /*
+ * IN/OUT
+ *
+ * Userspace buffer to read/write from.
+ */
+ XEN_GUEST_HANDLE(uint8) buffer;
+};
+typedef struct xen_foreigncopy xen_foreigncopy_t;
+DEFINE_XEN_GUEST_HANDLE(xen_foreigncopy_t);
+
+/* Next available subop number is 30 */
#endif /* __XEN_PUBLIC_MEMORY_H__ */
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-19 13:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-19 13:04 [PATCH v6 00/16] xenguest optimisations Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-19 13:04 ` [PATCH v6 01/16] libs/guest: Reduce number of parts in write_split_record Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-30 16:35 ` Andrew Cooper
2026-07-08 9:07 ` Anthony PERARD
2026-06-19 13:04 ` [PATCH v6 02/16] libs/guest: Reduce number of I/O vectors in write_batch Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-30 16:40 ` Andrew Cooper
2026-07-02 12:31 ` Frediano Ziglio
2026-07-01 13:52 ` [PATCH v6 1.9/16] libs/guest: Allocate rec_pfns earlier in write_batch() Andrew Cooper
2026-07-08 9:08 ` Anthony PERARD
2026-07-01 13:57 ` [PATCH v6.1 02/16] libs/guest: Reduce number of iovecs " Andrew Cooper
2026-07-08 9:09 ` Anthony PERARD
2026-06-19 13:04 ` [PATCH v6 03/16] libs/guest: Reduce number of I/O vectors in write_batch Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-30 16:46 ` Andrew Cooper
2026-07-02 12:33 ` Frediano Ziglio
2026-07-08 9:34 ` Anthony PERARD
2026-06-19 13:04 ` [PATCH v6 04/16] libs/guest: Use a single write_exact in write_headers Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-30 16:47 ` Andrew Cooper
2026-07-08 9:35 ` Anthony PERARD
2026-06-19 13:04 ` [PATCH v6 05/16] libs/guest: allocate various migration arrays just once Frediano Ziglio
2026-07-01 11:34 ` Andrew Cooper
2026-06-19 13:04 ` [PATCH v6 06/16] libs/call: cache up to 4 pages in hypercall bounce buffers Frediano Ziglio
2026-07-07 13:51 ` Anthony PERARD
2026-07-07 14:05 ` Anthony PERARD
2026-07-07 14:47 ` Frediano Ziglio
2026-07-08 13:19 ` Anthony PERARD
2026-07-09 7:13 ` Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-19 13:04 ` [PATCH v6 07/16] libs/guest: avoids using 2 indexes Frediano Ziglio
2026-07-08 13:19 ` Anthony PERARD
2026-06-19 13:04 ` [PATCH v6 08/16] libs/guest: fill directly iov structure Frediano Ziglio
2026-07-01 11:47 ` Andrew Cooper
2026-06-19 13:04 ` [PATCH v6 09/16] libs/ctrl: Allows writev_exact to change iov array Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-30 17:08 ` Andrew Cooper
2026-06-19 13:04 ` [PATCH v6 10/16] libs/guest: add xg_foreignmemory_copy_{from,to} Frediano Ziglio
2026-07-08 13:32 ` Anthony PERARD
2026-07-09 10:07 ` Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-19 13:04 ` [PATCH v6 11/16] PoC: libs/guest: use foreign copy during migration Frediano Ziglio
2026-07-08 13:55 ` Anthony PERARD
2026-07-09 9:35 ` Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-19 13:04 ` Frediano Ziglio [this message]
2026-06-22 10:34 ` [PATCH v6 12/16] xen: implement new foreign copy hypercall Jan Beulich
2026-06-23 10:55 ` Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-23 13:21 ` Jan Beulich
2026-06-23 21:18 ` Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-24 6:44 ` Jan Beulich
2026-06-26 14:14 ` Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-29 6:59 ` Jan Beulich
2026-08-03 14:51 ` Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-22 10:44 ` Jan Beulich
2026-06-23 20:37 ` Daniel P. Smith
2026-06-19 13:04 ` [PATCH v6 13/16] privcmd: Add definition for new Linux privcmd to access new Xen hypercall Frediano Ziglio
2026-07-08 13:59 ` Anthony PERARD
2026-07-09 9:37 ` Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-19 13:04 ` [PATCH v6 14/16] libs/guest: use new hypercall if available Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-19 13:05 ` [PATCH v6 15/16] libs/guest: finalize PoC Frediano Ziglio
2026-07-08 14:12 ` Anthony PERARD
2026-07-09 9:39 ` Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-19 13:05 ` [PATCH Linux v6 16/16] xen/privcmd: Add new ABI to allow copying foreign memory Frediano Ziglio
2026-07-09 10:53 ` Juergen Gross
2026-08-03 14:05 ` Juergen Gross
2026-08-03 14:23 ` Frediano Ziglio
2026-08-03 14:52 ` Juergen Gross
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