[PATCH v7 5/7] xenstored: send an evtchn notification on introduce_domain

Stefano Stabellini posted 7 patches 2 years, 6 months ago
[PATCH v7 5/7] xenstored: send an evtchn notification on introduce_domain
Posted by Stefano Stabellini 2 years, 6 months ago
From: Luca Miccio <lucmiccio@gmail.com>

When xs_introduce_domain is called, send out a notification on the
xenstore event channel so that any (dom0less) domain waiting for the
xenstore interface to be ready can continue with the initialization.
Before sending the notification, clear XENSTORE_RECONNECTING.

The extra notification is harmless for domains that don't require it.

In xs_wire.h update the commment on top of XENSTORE_RECONNECTING to
generalize its meaning to suit the dom0less use-case better. Also
improve docs/misc/xenstore-ring.txt.

Signed-off-by: Luca Miccio <lucmiccio@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xilinx.com>
---
Changes in v7:
- add documentation to xenstore-ring.txt
- Juergen already gave his reviewed-by, I dropped it due to the change
  to xenstore-ring.txt, but everything else is still the same

Changes in v6:
- use XENSTORE_CONNECTED instead of 0x0
- update xs_wire.h

Changes in v5:
- reset XS_CONNECTION_STATE_RECONNECTING before notifying the domU

Changes in v2:
- drop the new late_init parameter
---
 tools/xenstore/xenstored_domain.c | 4 ++++
 xen/include/public/io/xs_wire.h   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
 docs/misc/xenstore-ring.txt       | 8 +++++++-
 tools/xenstore/xenstored_domain.c | 4 ++++
 xen/include/public/io/xs_wire.h   | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/misc/xenstore-ring.txt b/docs/misc/xenstore-ring.txt
index b338b21b19..f3d6ca4264 100644
--- a/docs/misc/xenstore-ring.txt
+++ b/docs/misc/xenstore-ring.txt
@@ -111,7 +111,13 @@ Assuming the server has advertised the feature, the guest can initiate
 a reconnection by setting the the Connection state to 1 ("Ring close
 and reconnect is in progress") and signalling the event channel.
 The guest must now ignore all fields except the Connection state and
-wait for it to be set to 0 ("Ring is connected")
+wait for it to be set to 0 ("Ring is connected").
+
+In certain circumstances (e.g. dom0less guests with PV drivers support)
+it is possible for the guest to find the Connection state already set to
+1 by someone else during xenstore initialization. In that case, like in
+the previous case, the guest must ignore all fields except the
+Connection state and wait for it to be set to 0 before proceeding.
 
 The server will guarantee to
 
diff --git a/tools/xenstore/xenstored_domain.c b/tools/xenstore/xenstored_domain.c
index 80ba1d627b..de88bf2a68 100644
--- a/tools/xenstore/xenstored_domain.c
+++ b/tools/xenstore/xenstored_domain.c
@@ -493,6 +493,10 @@ static struct domain *introduce_domain(const void *ctx,
 		/* Now domain belongs to its connection. */
 		talloc_steal(domain->conn, domain);
 
+		/* Notify the domain that xenstore is available */
+		interface->connection = XENSTORE_CONNECTED;
+		xenevtchn_notify(xce_handle, domain->port);
+
 		if (!is_master_domain && !restore)
 			fire_watches(NULL, ctx, "@introduceDomain", NULL,
 				     true, NULL);
diff --git a/xen/include/public/io/xs_wire.h b/xen/include/public/io/xs_wire.h
index 953a0050a3..c1ec7c73e3 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/io/xs_wire.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/io/xs_wire.h
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ struct xenstore_domain_interface {
 
 /* Valid values for the connection field */
 #define XENSTORE_CONNECTED 0 /* the steady-state */
-#define XENSTORE_RECONNECT 1 /* guest has initiated a reconnect */
+#define XENSTORE_RECONNECT 1 /* reconnect in progress */
 
 /* Valid values for the error field */
 #define XENSTORE_ERROR_NONE    0 /* No error */
-- 
2.25.1
Re: [PATCH v7 5/7] xenstored: send an evtchn notification on introduce_domain
Posted by Juergen Gross 2 years, 6 months ago
On 13.05.22 23:07, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> From: Luca Miccio <lucmiccio@gmail.com>
> 
> When xs_introduce_domain is called, send out a notification on the
> xenstore event channel so that any (dom0less) domain waiting for the
> xenstore interface to be ready can continue with the initialization.
> Before sending the notification, clear XENSTORE_RECONNECTING.
> 
> The extra notification is harmless for domains that don't require it.
> 
> In xs_wire.h update the commment on top of XENSTORE_RECONNECTING to
> generalize its meaning to suit the dom0less use-case better. Also
> improve docs/misc/xenstore-ring.txt.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luca Miccio <lucmiccio@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xilinx.com>

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>


Juergen