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  cd palacios
  git checkout --track -b devel origin/devel
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Fixed up configuration support for nested/shadow paging
Patrick Bridges [Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:02:22 +0000 (13:02 -0600)]
palacios/src/palacios/vmm_config.c
palacios/src/palacios/vmm_shadow_paging.c
utils/guest_creator/default.xml

index 39c4d49..4c37015 100644 (file)
@@ -244,24 +244,37 @@ static int pre_config_vm(struct v3_vm_info * vm, v3_cfg_tree_t * vm_cfg) {
 static int pre_config_core(struct guest_info * info, v3_cfg_tree_t * core_cfg) {
     extern v3_cpu_arch_t v3_cpu_types[];
     v3_cfg_tree_t * paging_cfg = v3_cfg_subtree(core_cfg, "paging");
-    char * paging = v3_cfg_val(paging_cfg, "mode");
-
-
-    
-    if ((v3_cpu_types[info->cpu_id] == V3_SVM_REV3_CPU) && 
-       (paging) && (strcasecmp(paging, "nested") == 0)) {
-       PrintDebug("Guest Page Mode: NESTED_PAGING\n");
-       info->shdw_pg_mode = NESTED_PAGING;
+    char * paging = v3_cfg_val(paging_cfg, NULL);
+
+    if (paging) {
+       if ((strcasecmp(paging, "nested") == 0)) {
+           if (v3_cpu_types[info->cpu_id] == V3_SVM_REV3_CPU) {
+               info->shdw_pg_mode = NESTED_PAGING;
+           } else {
+               PrintError("Nested paging not supported on this hardware. Defaulting to shadow paging\n");
+               info->shdw_pg_mode = SHADOW_PAGING;
+           }
+       } else if ((strcasecmp(paging, "shadow") == 0)) {
+           info->shdw_pg_mode = SHADOW_PAGING;
+       } else {
+           PrintError("Invalid paging type specified in configuration. Defaulting to shadow paging\n");
+           info->shdw_pg_mode = SHADOW_PAGING;
+       }
     } else {
-       PrintDebug("Guest Page Mode: SHADOW_PAGING\n");
-
+       PrintDebug("No paging type specified in configuration.\n");
        info->shdw_pg_mode = SHADOW_PAGING;
     }
-
+    if (info->shdw_pg_mode == NESTED_PAGING) {
+       PrintDebug("Guest Page Mode: NESTED_PAGING\n");
+    } else if (info->shdw_pg_mode == SHADOW_PAGING) {
+        PrintDebug("Guest Page Mode: SHADOW_PAGING\n");
+    } else {
+       PrintError("Guest paging mode incorrectly set.\n");
+       return -1;
+    }
 
     v3_init_core(info);
 
-
     if (info->vm_info->vm_class == V3_PC_VM) {
        if (pre_config_pc_core(info, core_cfg) == -1) {
            PrintError("PC Post configuration failure\n");
index 4f9d00f..bd39cba 100644 (file)
@@ -141,9 +141,15 @@ int v3_init_shdw_pg_state(struct guest_info * core) {
 int v3_init_shdw_impl(struct v3_vm_info * vm) {
     struct v3_shdw_impl_state * impl_state = &(vm->shdw_impl);
     v3_cfg_tree_t * pg_cfg = v3_cfg_subtree(vm->cfg_data->cfg, "paging");
+    char * type_name = v3_cfg_val(pg_cfg, NULL);
     char * impl_name = v3_cfg_val(pg_cfg, "mode");
     struct v3_shdw_pg_impl * impl = NULL;
    
+    if (type_name && (strcasecmp(type_name, "shadow") != 0)) {
+       PrintDebug("Shadow paging not specified for VM.\n");
+       return 0;
+    }
+       
     V3_Print("Initialization of Shadow Paging implementation\n");
 
     impl = (struct v3_shdw_pg_impl *)v3_htable_search(master_shdw_pg_table, (addr_t)impl_name);
index 9d94d3f..603eb83 100644 (file)
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
        <!-- Basic VMM system flags -->
        <telemetry>enable</telemetry>
-       <paging mode="VTLB" />
+       <paging mode="VTLB">shadow</paging>
        <schedule_hz>100</schedule_hz>
 
        <cores count="1"><core /></cores>