[xen] remove some unnecessary cache flushing that slow things down, change python options on xend to reduc

myoung myoung at fedoraproject.org
Tue Aug 7 20:58:26 UTC 2012


commit 32a9cc9ff147dbb21430b3c9723b41d2ede49c8e
Author: Michael Young <m.a.young at durham.ac.uk>
Date:   Tue Aug 7 21:57:30 2012 +0100

    remove some unnecessary cache flushing that slow things down,
    change python options on xend to reduce selinux problems

 xen-4.1-testing.23298.patch |   42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 xen.spec                    |   10 ++++++++--
 xend.selinux.fixes.patch    |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 xend.selinux.setuid.patch   |   12 ------------
 4 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/xen-4.1-testing.23298.patch b/xen-4.1-testing.23298.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ef4add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xen-4.1-testing.23298.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+
+# HG changeset patch
+# User Wei Wang <wei.wang2 at amd.com>
+# Date 1337930327 -3600
+# Node ID 435493696053a079ec17d6e1a63e5f2be3a2c9d0
+# Parent  35248be669e71520eb40e85986b106bd5164d7ea
+x86/cpuidle: do not flush cache unless entering C3
+
+Nor is there a need to disable bus master arbitration in that case.
+
+Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <wei.wang2 at amd.com>
+Modified-by: Zhang, Yang Z <yang.z.zhang at intel.com>
+Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich at suse.com>
+Committed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich at suse.com>
+xen-unstable changeset:   25195:a06e6cdeafe3
+xen-unstable date:        Mon Apr 16 13:05:28 2012 +0200
+
+diff -r 35248be669e7 -r 435493696053 xen/arch/x86/acpi/cpu_idle.c
+--- a/xen/arch/x86/acpi/cpu_idle.c	Mon May 14 16:59:12 2012 +0100
++++ b/xen/arch/x86/acpi/cpu_idle.c	Fri May 25 08:18:47 2012 +0100
+@@ -483,7 +483,9 @@ static void acpi_processor_idle(void)
+          * not set. In that case we cannot do much, we enter C3
+          * without doing anything.
+          */
+-        if ( power->flags.bm_check && power->flags.bm_control )
++        if ( cx->type != ACPI_STATE_C3 )
++            /* nothing to be done here */;
++        else if ( power->flags.bm_check && power->flags.bm_control )
+         {
+             spin_lock(&c3_cpu_status.lock);
+             if ( ++c3_cpu_status.count == num_online_cpus() )
+@@ -505,7 +507,8 @@ static void acpi_processor_idle(void)
+         /* Invoke C3 */
+         acpi_idle_do_entry(cx);
+ 
+-        if ( power->flags.bm_check && power->flags.bm_control )
++        if ( (cx->type == ACPI_STATE_C3) &&
++             power->flags.bm_check && power->flags.bm_control )
+         {
+             /* Enable bus master arbitration */
+             spin_lock(&c3_cpu_status.lock);
+
diff --git a/xen.spec b/xen.spec
index 6cf10a6..c0e1ec1 100644
--- a/xen.spec
+++ b/xen.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 Summary: Xen is a virtual machine monitor
 Name:    xen
 Version: 4.1.2
-Release: 24%{?dist}
+Release: 25%{?dist}
 Group:   Development/Libraries
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and BSD
 URL:     http://xen.org/
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Patch35: xend-pci-loop.patch
 Patch36: localgcc47fix.patch
 Patch37: qemu-xen-4.1-testing.git-3cf61880403b4e484539596a95937cc066243388.patch
 Patch38: xen-backend.rules.patch
-Patch39: xend.selinux.setuid.patch
+Patch39: xend.selinux.fixes.patch
 Patch40: pygrub.size.limits.patch
 Patch41: xen-4.1-testing.23297.patch
 Patch42: CVE-2012-0217.patch
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ Patch43: CVE-2012-0218.patch
 Patch44: CVE-2012-2934.patch
 Patch45: xen-no-pyxml.patch
 Patch46: xen-4.1-testing.23325.patch
+Patch47: xen-4.1-testing.23298.patch
 
 Patch50: upstream-23936:cdb34816a40a-rework
 Patch51: upstream-23937:5173834e8476
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ manage Xen virtual machines.
 %patch44 -p1
 %patch45 -p1
 %patch46 -p1
+%patch47 -p1
 
 %patch50 -p1
 %patch51 -p1
@@ -717,6 +719,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 07 2012 Michael Young <m.a.young at durham.ac.uk> - 4.1.2-25
+- remove some unnecessary cache flushing that slow things down
+- change python options on xend to reduce selinux problems
+
 * Thu Jul 26 2012 Michael Young <m.a.young at durham.ac.uk> - 4.1.2-24
 - in rare circumstances an unprivileged user can crash an HVM guest
   [XSA-10,CVE-2012-3432] (#843766)
diff --git a/xend.selinux.fixes.patch b/xend.selinux.fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5591e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xend.selinux.fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- xen-4.1.2/tools/python/xen/xend/server/SrvDaemon.py.orig	2012-04-15 17:17:50.167887550 +0100
++++ xen-4.1.2/tools/python/xen/xend/server/SrvDaemon.py	2012-04-15 17:31:13.648842655 +0100
+@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@
+     def set_user(self):
+         # Set the UID.
+         try:
+-            os.setuid(pwd.getpwnam(XEND_USER)[2])
++            if XEND_USER != "root":
++                os.setuid(pwd.getpwnam(XEND_USER)[2])
+             return 0
+         except KeyError:
+             print >>sys.stderr, "Error: no such user '%s'" % XEND_USER
+--- xen-4.1.2/tools/misc/xend.orig	2012-08-07 00:54:02.372867624 +0100
++++ xen-4.1.2/tools/misc/xend	2012-08-07 00:58:11.469753483 +0100
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/env python
++#!/usr/bin/env python -Es
+ #  -*- mode: python; -*-
+ #============================================================================
+ # Copyright (C) 2004 Mike Wray <mike.wray at hp.com>


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