Re: [PATCH v3 00/21] xen: simplify frontend side ring setup

Oleksandr
2022-05-09T13:24:02Z

On 05.05.22 11:16, Juergen Gross wrote:

Hello Juergen.

> Many Xen PV frontends share similar code for setting up a ring page
> (allocating and granting access for the backend) and for tearing it
> down.
>
> Create new service functions doing all needed steps in one go.
>
> This requires all frontends to use a common value for an invalid
> grant reference in order to make the functions idempotent.
>
> Changes in V3:
> - new patches 1 and 2, comments addressed
>
> Changes in V2:
> - new patch 9 and related changes in patches 10-18
>
> Juergen Gross (21):
> xen: update grant_table.h
> xen/grant-table: never put a reserved grant on the free list
> xen/blkfront: switch blkfront to use INVALID_GRANT_REF
> xen/netfront: switch netfront to use INVALID_GRANT_REF
> xen/scsifront: remove unused GRANT_INVALID_REF definition
> xen/usb: switch xen-hcd to use INVALID_GRANT_REF
> xen/drm: switch xen_drm_front to use INVALID_GRANT_REF
> xen/sound: switch xen_snd_front to use INVALID_GRANT_REF
> xen/dmabuf: switch gntdev-dmabuf to use INVALID_GRANT_REF
> xen/shbuf: switch xen-front-pgdir-shbuf to use INVALID_GRANT_REF
> xen: update ring.h
> xen/xenbus: add xenbus_setup_ring() service function
> xen/blkfront: use xenbus_setup_ring() and xenbus_teardown_ring()
> xen/netfront: use xenbus_setup_ring() and xenbus_teardown_ring()
> xen/tpmfront: use xenbus_setup_ring() and xenbus_teardown_ring()
> xen/drmfront: use xenbus_setup_ring() and xenbus_teardown_ring()
> xen/pcifront: use xenbus_setup_ring() and xenbus_teardown_ring()
> xen/scsifront: use xenbus_setup_ring() and xenbus_teardown_ring()
> xen/usbfront: use xenbus_setup_ring() and xenbus_teardown_ring()
> xen/sndfront: use xenbus_setup_ring() and xenbus_teardown_ring()
> xen/xenbus: eliminate xenbus_grant_ring()

For the patches that touch PV display (#07, #16), PV sound (#08, #20)
and shared buffer framework used by both frontends (#10):

Reviewed-by: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@epam.com>

Also I didn't see any issues with these frontends while testing on Arm64
based board.
So, you can also add:

[Arm64 only]
Tested-by: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@epam.com>

Thanks!

>
> drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c | 57 +++----
> drivers/char/tpm/xen-tpmfront.c | 18 +--
> drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.h | 9 --
> drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front_evtchnl.c | 43 ++----
> drivers/net/xen-netfront.c | 85 ++++-------
> drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c | 19 +--
> drivers/scsi/xen-scsifront.c | 31 +---
> drivers/usb/host/xen-hcd.c | 65 ++------
> drivers/xen/gntdev-dmabuf.c | 13 +-
> drivers/xen/grant-table.c | 12 +-
> drivers/xen/xen-front-pgdir-shbuf.c | 18 +--
> drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c | 82 +++++++---
> include/xen/grant_table.h | 2 -
> include/xen/interface/grant_table.h | 161 ++++++++++++--------
> include/xen/interface/io/ring.h | 19 ++-
> include/xen/xenbus.h | 4 +-
> sound/xen/xen_snd_front_evtchnl.c | 44 ++----
> sound/xen/xen_snd_front_evtchnl.h | 9 --
> 18 files changed, 287 insertions(+), 404 deletions(-)
>
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Regards,

Oleksandr Tyshchenko