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From: "Alejandro Vallejo" <alejandro.vallejo@cloud.com>
To: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@suse.com>
Cc: "Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
	"Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@citrix.com>,
	"Anthony PERARD" <anthony.perard@vates.tech>,
	Xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 09/11] xen/x86: Derive topologically correct x2APIC IDs from the policy
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:29:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <D4RGC7XGA2NU.A2M108CWPB1O@cloud.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56fc2b5e-54c6-46df-a044-de6efcc427d4@suse.com>

On Wed Oct 9, 2024 at 3:53 PM BST, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 01.10.2024 14:38, Alejandro Vallejo wrote:
> > Implements the helper for mapping vcpu_id to x2apic_id given a valid
> > topology in a policy. The algo is written with the intention of
> > extending it to leaves 0x1f and extended 0x26 in the future.
> > 
> > Toolstack doesn't set leaf 0xb and the HVM default policy has it
> > cleared, so the leaf is not implemented. In that case, the new helper
> > just returns the legacy mapping.
>
> Is the first sentence of this latter paragraph missing an "If" or "When"
> at the beginning? As written I'm afraid I can't really make sense of it.
>
> Jan

It's a statement of current affairs. Could be rewritten as...

   The helper returns the legacy mapping when leaf 0xb is not implemented (as
   is the case at the moment).

Does that look better?

Cheers,
Alejandro


  reply	other threads:[~2024-10-09 17:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-10-01 12:37 [PATCH v6 00/11] x86: Expose consistent topology to guests Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-01 12:37 ` [PATCH v6 01/11] lib/x86: Relax checks about policy compatibility Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-09  9:40   ` Jan Beulich
2024-10-09 15:57     ` Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-10  7:37       ` Jan Beulich
2024-10-09 21:58   ` Andrew Cooper
2024-10-01 12:37 ` [PATCH v6 02/11] x86/vlapic: Move lapic migration checks to the check hooks Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-08 15:41   ` Jan Beulich
2024-10-09 16:11     ` Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-01 12:37 ` [PATCH v6 03/11] xen/x86: Add initial x2APIC ID to the per-vLAPIC save area Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-09 13:12   ` Jan Beulich
2024-10-09 16:39     ` Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-01 12:38 ` [PATCH v6 04/11] xen/x86: Add supporting code for uploading LAPIC contexts during domain create Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-09 13:28   ` Jan Beulich
2024-10-09 16:44     ` Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-10  7:46       ` Jan Beulich
2024-10-01 12:38 ` [PATCH v6 05/11] tools/hvmloader: Retrieve (x2)APIC IDs from the APs themselves Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-09 14:03   ` Jan Beulich
2024-10-09 17:19     ` Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-10  7:49       ` Jan Beulich
2024-10-01 12:38 ` [PATCH v6 06/11] tools/libacpi: Use LUT of APIC IDs rather than function pointer Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-09 14:25   ` Jan Beulich
2024-10-09 17:20     ` Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-11 16:17     ` Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-14  6:26       ` Jan Beulich
2024-10-01 12:38 ` [PATCH v6 07/11] tools/libguest: Always set vCPU context in vcpu_hvm() Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-01 12:38 ` [PATCH v6 08/11] xen/lib: Add topology generator for x86 Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-09 14:45   ` Jan Beulich
2024-10-09 17:57     ` Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-10  7:54       ` Jan Beulich
2024-10-15 13:08         ` Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-01 12:38 ` [PATCH v6 09/11] xen/x86: Derive topologically correct x2APIC IDs from the policy Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-09 14:53   ` Jan Beulich
2024-10-09 17:29     ` Alejandro Vallejo [this message]
2024-10-10  7:55       ` Jan Beulich
2024-10-01 12:38 ` [PATCH v6 10/11] tools/libguest: Set distinct x2APIC IDs for each vCPU Alejandro Vallejo
2024-10-01 12:38 ` [PATCH v6 11/11] tools/x86: Synthesise domain topologies Alejandro Vallejo

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