xen: use the hvc console infrastructure for Xen console

Implement a Xen back-end for hvc console.

* * *
Add early printk support via hvc console, enable using
"earlyprintk=xen" on the kernel command line.

From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>

arch/i386/xen/events.c

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static int find_unbound_irq(void)
 	return irq;
 }
 
-static int bind_evtchn_to_irq(unsigned int evtchn)
+int bind_evtchn_to_irq(unsigned int evtchn)
 {
 	int irq;
 
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ static int bind_evtchn_to_irq(unsigned int evtchn)
 
 	return irq;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bind_evtchn_to_irq);
 
 static int bind_ipi_to_irq(unsigned int ipi, unsigned int cpu)
 {

arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/fcntl.h>
+#include <xen/hvc-console.h>
 
 /* Simple VGA output */
 
@@ -242,6 +243,10 @@ static int __init setup_early_printk(char *buf)
  		simnow_init(buf + 6);
  		early_console = &simnow_console;
  		keep_early = 1;
+#ifdef CONFIG_HVC_XEN
+	} else if (!strncmp(buf, "xen", 3)) {
+		early_console = &xenboot_console;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	if (keep_early)

drivers/char/Kconfig

@@ -604,6 +604,14 @@ config HVC_BEAT
 	help
 	  Toshiba's Cell Reference Set Beat Console device driver
 
+config HVC_XEN
+	bool "Xen Hypervisor Console support"
+	depends on XEN
+	select HVC_DRIVER
+	default y
+	help
+	  Xen virtual console device driver
+
 config HVCS
 	tristate "IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server support"
 	depends on PPC_PSERIES

drivers/char/Makefile

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HVC_ISERIES)	+= hvc_iseries.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HVC_RTAS)		+= hvc_rtas.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HVC_BEAT)		+= hvc_beat.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HVC_DRIVER)	+= hvc_console.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HVC_XEN)		+= hvc_xen.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER)	+= raw.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SGI_SNSC)		+= snsc.o snsc_event.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MSPEC)		+= mspec.o

drivers/char/hvc_xen.c

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/*
+ * xen console driver interface to hvc_console.c
+ *
+ * (c) 2007 Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#include <linux/console.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
+#include <xen/page.h>
+#include <xen/events.h>
+#include <xen/interface/io/console.h>
+#include <xen/hvc-console.h>
+
+#include "hvc_console.h"
+
+#define HVC_COOKIE   0x58656e /* "Xen" in hex */
+
+static struct hvc_struct *hvc;
+static int xencons_irq;
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+static inline struct xencons_interface *xencons_interface(void)
+{
+	return mfn_to_virt(xen_start_info->console.domU.mfn);
+}
+
+static inline void notify_daemon(void)
+{
+	/* Use evtchn: this is called early, before irq is set up. */
+	notify_remote_via_evtchn(xen_start_info->console.domU.evtchn);
+}
+
+static int write_console(uint32_t vtermno, const char *data, int len)
+{
+	struct xencons_interface *intf = xencons_interface();
+	XENCONS_RING_IDX cons, prod;
+	int sent = 0;
+
+	cons = intf->out_cons;
+	prod = intf->out_prod;
+	mb();			/* update queue values before going on */
+	BUG_ON((prod - cons) > sizeof(intf->out));
+
+	while ((sent < len) && ((prod - cons) < sizeof(intf->out)))
+		intf->out[MASK_XENCONS_IDX(prod++, intf->out)] = data[sent++];
+
+	wmb();			/* write ring before updating pointer */
+	intf->out_prod = prod;
+
+	notify_daemon();
+	return sent;
+}
+
+static int read_console(uint32_t vtermno, char *buf, int len)
+{
+	struct xencons_interface *intf = xencons_interface();
+	XENCONS_RING_IDX cons, prod;
+	int recv = 0;
+
+	cons = intf->in_cons;
+	prod = intf->in_prod;
+	mb();			/* get pointers before reading ring */
+	BUG_ON((prod - cons) > sizeof(intf->in));
+
+	while (cons != prod && recv < len)
+		buf[recv++] = intf->in[MASK_XENCONS_IDX(cons++, intf->in)];
+
+	mb();			/* read ring before consuming */
+	intf->in_cons = cons;
+
+	notify_daemon();
+	return recv;
+}
+
+static struct hv_ops hvc_ops = {
+	.get_chars = read_console,
+	.put_chars = write_console,
+};
+
+static int __init xen_init(void)
+{
+	struct hvc_struct *hp;
+
+	if (!is_running_on_xen())
+		return 0;
+
+	xencons_irq = bind_evtchn_to_irq(xen_start_info->console.domU.evtchn);
+	if (xencons_irq < 0)
+		xencons_irq = 0 /* NO_IRQ */;
+	hp = hvc_alloc(HVC_COOKIE, xencons_irq, &hvc_ops, 256);
+	if (IS_ERR(hp))
+		return PTR_ERR(hp);
+
+	hvc = hp;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit xen_fini(void)
+{
+	if (hvc)
+		hvc_remove(hvc);
+}
+
+static int xen_cons_init(void)
+{
+	if (!is_running_on_xen())
+		return 0;
+
+	hvc_instantiate(HVC_COOKIE, 0, &hvc_ops);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+module_init(xen_init);
+module_exit(xen_fini);
+console_initcall(xen_cons_init);
+
+static void xenboot_write_console(struct console *console, const char *string,
+				  unsigned len)
+{
+	unsigned int linelen, off = 0;
+	const char *pos;
+
+	while (off < len && NULL != (pos = strchr(string+off, '\n'))) {
+		linelen = pos-string+off;
+		if (off + linelen > len)
+			break;
+		write_console(0, string+off, linelen);
+		write_console(0, "\r\n", 2);
+		off += linelen + 1;
+	}
+	if (off < len)
+		write_console(0, string+off, len-off);
+}
+
+struct console xenboot_console = {
+	.name		= "xenboot",
+	.write		= xenboot_write_console,
+	.flags		= CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_BOOT,
+};

include/xen/events.h

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ enum ipi_vector {
 	XEN_NR_IPIS,
 };
 
+int bind_evtchn_to_irq(unsigned int evtchn);
 int bind_evtchn_to_irqhandler(unsigned int evtchn,
 			      irq_handler_t handler,
 			      unsigned long irqflags, const char *devname,

include/xen/hvc-console.h

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef XEN_HVC_CONSOLE_H
+#define XEN_HVC_CONSOLE_H
+
+extern struct console xenboot_console;
+
+#endif	/* XEN_HVC_CONSOLE_H */