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-rw-r--r--tools/firmware/hvmloader/pci.c49
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c8
-rw-r--r--xen/include/public/hvm/hvm_xs_strings.h1
3 files changed, 56 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/pci.c b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/pci.c
index 9253b0b4c6..627e8cbcb6 100644
--- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/pci.c
+++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/pci.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
#include <xen/memory.h>
#include <xen/hvm/ioreq.h>
+#include <xen/hvm/hvm_xs_strings.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
unsigned long pci_mem_start = PCI_MEM_START;
unsigned long pci_mem_end = PCI_MEM_END;
@@ -57,6 +59,32 @@ void pci_setup(void)
} *bars = (struct bars *)scratch_start;
unsigned int i, nr_bars = 0;
+ const char *s;
+ /*
+ * Do we allow hvmloader to relocate guest memory in order to
+ * increase the size of the lowmem MMIO hole? Defaulting to 1
+ * here will mean that non-libxl toolstacks (including xend and
+ * home-grown ones) means that those using qemu-xen will still
+ * experience the memory relocation bug described below; but it
+ * also means that those using qemu-traditional will *not*
+ * experience any change; and it also means that there is a
+ * work-around for those using qemu-xen, namely switching to
+ * qemu-traditional.
+ *
+ * If we defaulted to 0, and failing to resize the hole caused any
+ * problems with qemu-traditional, then there is no work-around.
+ *
+ * Since xend can only use qemu-traditional, I think this is the
+ * option that will have the least impact.
+ */
+ bool allow_memory_relocate = 1;
+
+ s = xenstore_read(HVM_XS_ALLOW_MEMORY_RELOCATE, NULL);
+ if ( s )
+ allow_memory_relocate = strtoll(s, NULL, 0);
+ printf("Relocating guest memory for lowmem MMIO space %s\n",
+ allow_memory_relocate?"enabled":"disabled");
+
/* Program PCI-ISA bridge with appropriate link routes. */
isa_irq = 0;
for ( link = 0; link < 4; link++ )
@@ -208,8 +236,25 @@ void pci_setup(void)
pci_writew(devfn, PCI_COMMAND, cmd);
}
- while ( (mmio_total > (pci_mem_end - pci_mem_start)) &&
- ((pci_mem_start << 1) != 0) )
+ /*
+ * At the moment qemu-xen can't deal with relocated memory regions.
+ * It's too close to the release to make a proper fix; for now,
+ * only allow the MMIO hole to grow large enough to move guest memory
+ * if we're running qemu-traditional. Items that don't fit will be
+ * relocated into the 64-bit address space.
+ *
+ * This loop now does the following:
+ * - If allow_memory_relocate, increase the MMIO hole until it's
+ * big enough, or until it's 2GiB
+ * - If !allow_memory_relocate, increase the MMIO hole until it's
+ * big enough, or until it's 2GiB, or until it overlaps guest
+ * memory
+ */
+ while ( (mmio_total > (pci_mem_end - pci_mem_start))
+ && ((pci_mem_start << 1) != 0)
+ && (allow_memory_relocate
+ || (((pci_mem_start << 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
+ >= hvm_info->low_mem_pgend)) )
pci_mem_start <<= 1;
if ( mmio_total > (pci_mem_end - pci_mem_start) )
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
index ac1f90e531..7e54c02a21 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
@@ -1154,6 +1154,14 @@ void libxl__spawn_local_dm(libxl__egc *egc, libxl__dm_spawn_state *dmss)
libxl__xs_write(gc, XBT_NULL,
libxl__sprintf(gc, "%s/hvmloader/bios", path),
"%s", libxl_bios_type_to_string(b_info->u.hvm.bios));
+ /* Disable relocating memory to make the MMIO hole larger
+ * unless we're running qemu-traditional */
+ libxl__xs_write(gc, XBT_NULL,
+ libxl__sprintf(gc,
+ "%s/hvmloader/allow-memory-relocate",
+ path),
+ "%d",
+ b_info->device_model_version==LIBXL_DEVICE_MODEL_VERSION_QEMU_XEN_TRADITIONAL);
free(path);
}
diff --git a/xen/include/public/hvm/hvm_xs_strings.h b/xen/include/public/hvm/hvm_xs_strings.h
index 9042303b7b..4de5881697 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/hvm/hvm_xs_strings.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/hvm/hvm_xs_strings.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
#define HVM_XS_HVMLOADER "hvmloader"
#define HVM_XS_BIOS "hvmloader/bios"
#define HVM_XS_GENERATION_ID_ADDRESS "hvmloader/generation-id-address"
+#define HVM_XS_ALLOW_MEMORY_RELOCATE "hvmloader/allow-memory-relocate"
/* The following values allow additional ACPI tables to be added to the
* virtual ACPI BIOS that hvmloader constructs. The values specify the guest