Re: [RFC XEN PATCH 03/16] xen/x86: add a hypercall XENPF_pmem_add to report host pmem regions

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 04:38:38PM +0800, Haozhong Zhang wrote:
> On 12/12/16 01:30 -0700, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > > > > On 12.12.16 at 05:16, <haozhong.zhang@intel.com> wrote:
> > > On 12/09/16 17:02 -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 08:32:22AM +0800, Haozhong Zhang wrote:
> > > > > +static int pmem_add_check(unsigned long spfn, unsigned long epfn,
> > > > > +                          unsigned long rsv_spfn, unsigned long rsv_epfn,
> > > > > +                          unsigned long data_spfn, unsigned long data_epfn)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +    if ( spfn >= epfn || rsv_spfn >= rsv_epfn || data_spfn >= data_epfn )
> > > > > +        return 0;
> > > > 
> > > > Hm, I think it ought to be possible to have no rsv area..?
> > > 
> > > A reserved area must be provided to storing frametable and M2P table of
> > > NVDIMM.
> > 
> > Is this really "must" rather than just "should", i.e. can't you do
> > without even if you prefer to have it?
> > 
> > Jan
> > 
> 
> It's a must in this version, but I relax this requirement in the WIP
> v2 patch that fallback to the ordinary RAM if no reserved pmem area is
> indicated.

Awesome! Is your v2 patch somewhere available? I was thinking to continue
looking at your patchset later today but perhaps I should eyeball v2
instead?

Thanks!

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