Re: [PATCH v7 12/17] ARM64: ACPI: Check if it runs on Xen to enable or disable ACPI

Shannon Zhao
2016-03-30T07:20:11Z

Hi Will, Mark,

On 2016/3/30 0:31, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 05:18:38PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
>> > On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 10:44:31PM +0800, Shannon Zhao wrote:
>>> > > When it's a Xen domain0 booting with ACPI, it will supply a /chosen and
>>> > > a /hypervisor node in DT. So check if it needs to enable ACPI.
>>> > >
>>> > > Signed-off-by: Shannon Zhao <shannon.zhao@linaro.org>
>>> > > Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
>>> > > Acked-by: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@linaro.org>
>>> > > ---
>>> > > arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c | 12 ++++++++----
>>> > > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>> > >
>>> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c
>>> > > index d1ce8e2..4e92be0 100644
>>> > > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c
>>> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c
>>> > > @@ -67,10 +67,13 @@ static int __init dt_scan_depth1_nodes(unsigned long node,
>>> > > {
>>> > > /*
>>> > > * Return 1 as soon as we encounter a node at depth 1 that is
>>> > > - * not the /chosen node.
>>> > > + * not the /chosen node, or /hypervisor node when running on Xen.
>>> > > */
>>> > > - if (depth == 1 && (strcmp(uname, "chosen") != 0))
>>> > > - return 1;
>>> > > + if (depth == 1 && (strcmp(uname, "chosen") != 0)) {
>>> > > + if (!xen_initial_domain() || (strcmp(uname, "hypervisor") != 0))
>>> > > + return 1;
>>> > > + }
>> >
>> > Hmm, but xen_initial_domain() is false when xen isn't being used at all,
>> > so it feels to me like this is a bit too far-reaching and is basically
>> > claiming the "/hypervisor" namespace for Xen. Couldn't it be renamed to
>> > "xen,hypervisor" or something?
>> >
>> > Mark, got any thoughts on this?
> The node has a compatible string, "xen,xen" per [1], which would tell us
> absolutely that xen is present. I'd be happy checking for that
> explicitly.
>
I think actually the xen_initial_domain is the result of the
fdt_find_hyper_node. If the compatible string "xen,xen" doesn't exist,
the xen_initial_domain() will return false and whatever the current node
is the above check will return 1 since the device tree is not empty.

> In patch 11 fdt_find_hyper_node checks the compatible string. We could
> factor that out into a helper like is_xen_node(node) and use it here
> too.
>
I don't think so because we already check the compatible string before
and we could get the result simply via xen_initial_domain().

Thanks,
--
Shannon