Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] xen_pvdev: Do not assume Dom0 when creating a directory

[Volodymyr Babchuk]

Hi David,

David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> writes:

> [[S/MIME Signed Part:Undecided]]
> On Thu, 2023-11-23 at 09:28 +0000, Paul Durrant wrote:
>> On 23/11/2023 00:07, Volodymyr Babchuk wrote:
>> > 
>> > Hi,
>> > 
>> > Volodymyr Babchuk <volodymyr_babchuk@epam.com> writes:
>> > 
>> > > Hi Stefano,
>> > > 
>> > > Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> writes:
>> > > 
>> > > > On Wed, 22 Nov 2023, David Woodhouse wrote:
>> > > > > On Wed, 2023-11-22 at 15:09 -0800, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
>> > > > > > On Wed, 22 Nov 2023, David Woodhouse wrote:
>> > > > > > > On Wed, 2023-11-22 at 14:29 -0800, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
>> > > > > > > > On Wed, 22 Nov 2023, Paul Durrant wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > On 21/11/2023 22:10, Volodymyr Babchuk wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > > From: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@epam.com>
>> > > > > > > > > > 
>> > > > > > > > > > Instead of forcing the owner to domid 0, use 
>> > > > > > > > > > XS_PRESERVE_OWNER to
>> > > > > > > > > > inherit the owner of the directory.
>> > > > > > > > > 
>> > > > > > > > > Ah... so that's why the previous patch is there.
>> > > > > > > > > 
>> > > > > > > > > This is not the right way to fix it. The QEMU Xen support is 
>> > > > > > > > > *assuming* that
>> > > > > > > > > QEMU is either running in, or emulating, dom0. In the 
>> > > > > > > > > emulation case this is
>> > > > > > > > > probably fine, but the 'real Xen' case it should be using 
>> > > > > > > > > the correct domid
>> > > > > > > > > for node creation. I guess this could either be supplied on 
>> > > > > > > > > the command line
>> > > > > > > > > or discerned by reading the local domain 'domid' node.
>> > > > > > > > 
>> > > > > > > > yes, it should be passed as command line option to QEMU
>> > > > > > > 
>> > > > > > > I'm not sure I like the idea of a command line option for 
>> > > > > > > something
>> > > > > > > which QEMU could discover for itself.
>> > > > > > 
>> > > > > > That's fine too. I meant to say "yes, as far as I know the 
>> > > > > > toolstack
>> > > > > > passes the domid to QEMU as a command line option today".
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > The -xen-domid argument on the QEMU command line today is the *guest*
>> > > > > domain ID, not the domain ID in which QEMU itself is running.
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > Or were you thinking of something different?
>> > > > 
>> > > > Ops, you are right and I understand your comment better now. The 
>> > > > backend
>> > > > domid is not on the command line but it should be discoverable (on
>> > > > xenstore if I remember right).
>> > > 
>> > > Yes, it is just "~/domid". I'll add a function that reads it.
>> > 
>> > Just a quick question to QEMU folks: is it better to add a global
>> > variable where we will store own Domain ID or it will be okay to read
>> > domid from Xenstore every time we need it?
>> > 
>> > If global variable variant is better, what is proffered place to define
>> > this variable? system/globals.c ?
>> > 
>> 
>> Actually... is it possible for QEMU just to use a relative path for the 
>> backend nodes? That way it won't need to know it's own domid, will it?
>
> That covers some of the use cases, but it may also need to know its own
> domid for other purposes. Including writing the *absolute* path of the
> backend, to a frontend node?

Is this case possible? As I understand, QEMU writes frontend nodes only
when it emulates Xen, otherwise this done by Xen toolstack. And in case
of Xen emulation, QEMU always assumes role of Domain-0.

-- 
WBR, Volodymyr