Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86: provide an init_mem_mapping hypervisor hook

From	Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86: provide an init_mem_mapping hypervisor hook
Date	2017-07-26 09:50 +0200
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On 25/07/17 16:09, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> On 07/25/2017 05:50 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
>> Provide a hook in hypervisor_x86 called after setting up initial
>> memory mapping.
>>
>> This is needed e.g. by Xen HVM guests to map the hypervisor shared
>> info page.
> 
> This is not necessarily a problem specific to guests so I wonder whether
> the hook should be part of x86_platform_ops or some other x86 structure.

I'm fine with any solution. I've chosen the hypervisor struct as right
now there seems to be a need for HVM Xen guests only.


Juergen

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[PATCH 1/3] x86: provide an init_mem_mapping hypervisor hook Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> - 2017-07-25 12:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86: provide an init_mem_mapping hypervisor hook Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-07-25 16:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86: provide an init_mem_mapping hypervisor hook Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> - 2017-07-26 09:50 +0200

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