Re: [PATCH RFC] tools: Drop xc_cpuid_check() and bindings

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 08:50:07AM -0400, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> On 07/19/2017 06:43 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > On 19/07/17 12:32, Wei Liu wrote:
> >> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 01:38:03PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> >>> There are no current users which I can locate.  One piece of xend which didn't
> >>> move forwards into xl/libxl is this:
> >>>
> >>>   #   Configure host CPUID consistency checks, which must be satisfied for this
> >>>   #   VM to be allowed to run on this host's processor type:
> >>>   #cpuid_check=[ '1:ecx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1xxxxx' ]
> >>>   # - Host must have VMX feature flag set
> >>>
> >>> The implementation of xc_cpuid_check() is conceptually broken.  Dom0's view of
> >>> CPUID is not the approprite view to check, and will be wrong in the presence
> >>> of CPUID masking/faulting, and for HVM-based toolstack domains.
> >>>
> >>> If it turns out that the functionality is required, it should be implemented
> >>> in terms of XEN_SYSCTL_get_cpuid_policy to use the proper CPUID view.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
> >>> ---
> >>> CC: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
> >>> CC: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
> >>> CC: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
> >>> CC: David Scott <dave@recoil.org>
> >>> CC: Christian Lindig <christian.lindig@citrix.com>
> >>> CC: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
> >>> CC: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>
> >>> CC: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
> >>> CC: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
> >>>
> >>> RFC initially for feedback, and to see if anyone does expect to be using this
> >>> call.  It turns out that Xapi has a library function using it, but that
> >>> function is dead so can be removed.
> >> FAOD I am still waiting for Oracle and Suse folks to express their
> >> opinions.
> > No objection from me.
> >
> 
> 
> Or from me.
> 

In that case -- queued.

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