xavi/android_kernel_m2note/include/xen/interface, branch ng-7.1.2

xen: Add RING_COPY_REQUEST()

2017-04-11T08:57:42+00:00

commit 454d5d882c7e412b840e3c99010fe81a9862f6fb upstream. Using RING_GET_REQUEST() on a shared ring is easy to use incorrectly (i.e., by not considering that the other end may alter the data in the shared ring while it is being inspected). Safe usage of a request generally requires taking a local copy. Provide a RING_COPY_REQUEST() macro to use instead of RING_GET_REQUEST() and an open-coded memcpy(). This takes care of ensuring that the copy is done correctly regardless of any possible compiler optimizations. Use a volatile source to prevent the compiler from reordering or omitting the copy. This is part of XSA155. Signed-off-by: David Vrabel Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau

x86/xen: Support kexec/kdump in HVM guests by doing a soft reset

2016-08-26T18:44:27+00:00

commit 0b34a166f291d255755be46e43ed5497cdd194f2 upstream. Currently there is a number of issues preventing PVHVM Xen guests from doing successful kexec/kdump: - Bound event channels. - Registered vcpu_info. - PIRQ/emuirq mappings. - shared_info frame after XENMAPSPACE_shared_info operation. - Active grant mappings. Basically, newly booted kernel stumbles upon already set up Xen interfaces and there is no way to reestablish them. In Xen-4.7 a new feature called 'soft reset' is coming. A guest performing kexec/kdump operation is supposed to call SCHEDOP_shutdown hypercall with SHUTDOWN_soft_reset reason before jumping to new kernel. Hypervisor (with some help from toolstack) will do full domain cleanup (but keeping its memory and vCPU contexts intact) returning the guest to the state it had when it was first booted and thus allowing it to start over. Doing SHUTDOWN_soft_reset on Xen hypervisors which don't support it is probably OK as by default all unknown shutdown reasons cause domain destroy with a message in toolstack log: 'Unknown shutdown reason code 5. Destroying domain.' which gives a clue to what the problem is and eliminates false expectations. Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov Signed-off-by: David Vrabel Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Stefan Guendhoer

first commit

2016-08-15T02:19:42+00:00