File 5be9634c-x86-dom0-avoid-using-1G-superpages.patch of Package xen.11319

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File 5be9634c-x86-dom0-avoid-using-1G-superpages.patch of Package xen.11319

# Commit 96f6ee15ad7ca96472779fc5c083b4149495c584
# Date 2018-11-12 11:26:04 +0000
# Author Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
# Committer Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
x86/dom0: Avoid using 1G superpages if shadowing may be necessary

The shadow code doesn't support 1G superpages, and will hand #PF[RSVD] back to
guests.

For dom0's with 512GB of RAM or more (and subject to the P2M alignment), Xen's
domain builder might use 1G superpages.

Avoid using 1G superpages (falling back to 2M superpages instead) if there is
a reasonable chance that we may have to shadow dom0.  This assumes that there
are no circumstances where we will activate logdirty mode on dom0.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

--- a/xen/arch/x86/domain_build.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/domain_build.c
@@ -878,7 +878,13 @@ int __init construct_dom0(
             l3tab += l3_table_offset(va);
             if ( !l3e_get_intpte(*l3tab) )
             {
-                if ( cpu_has_page1gb &&
+                /*
+                 * 1G superpages aren't supported by the shadow code.  Avoid using
+                 * them if we are liable to need to start shadowing dom0.  This
+                 * assumes that there are no circumstances where we will activate
+                 * logdirty mode on dom0.
+                 */
+                if ( !d->arch.pv_domain.check_l1tf && cpu_has_page1gb &&
                      !(va & ((1UL << L3_PAGETABLE_SHIFT) - 1)) &&
                      vphysmap_end >= va + (1UL << L3_PAGETABLE_SHIFT) &&
                      (page = alloc_domheap_pages(d,

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