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SubjectRe: [PATCH] xen/arm: pfn_to_mfn and mfn_to_pfn return the argument if nothing is in the p2m
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On Mon, 2013-11-11 at 12:50 +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Some common Xen drivers, like balloon.c, call pfn_to_mfn and mfn_to_pfn
> even for autotranslate guests, expecting the argument back.
> The following commit broke these drivers by changing the behavior of
> pfn_to_mfn and mfn_to_pfn:
>
> commit 4a19138c6505e224d9f4cc2fe9ada9188d7100ea
> Author: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
> Date: Thu Oct 17 16:22:27 2013 +0000
>
> arm/xen,arm64/xen: introduce p2m
>
> They now return INVALID_P2M_ENTRY if Linux doesn't actually know what is
> the mfn backing a pfn or what is the pfn corresponding to an mfn.
> Fix the regression by switching to the old behavior.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>

Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>

I tripped over this on Friday and my local hack was identical, hence
also:

Tested-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>

Ian.



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