Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v9 1/7] xen/pvh: Split CONFIG_XEN_PVH into CONFIG_PVH and CONFIG_XEN_PVH

[Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 11:07:28AM -0800, Maran Wilson wrote:
> In order to pave the way for hypervisors other than Xen to use the PVH
> entry point for VMs, we need to factor the PVH entry code into Xen specific
> and hypervisor agnostic components. The first step in doing that, is to
> create a new config option for PVH entry that can be enabled
> independently from CONFIG_XEN.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maran Wilson <maran.wilson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/Kconfig          | 6 ++++++
>  arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | 2 +-
>  arch/x86/xen/Kconfig      | 3 ++-
>  3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 8689e794a43c..c2a22a74abee 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -796,6 +796,12 @@ config KVM_GUEST
>         underlying device model, the host provides the guest with
>         timing infrastructure such as time of day, and system time
>  
> +config PVH
> +     bool "Support for running PVH guests"
> +     ---help---
> +       This option enables the PVH entry point for guest virtual machines
> +       as specified in the x86/HVM direct boot ABI.
> +
>  config KVM_DEBUG_FS
>       bool "Enable debug information for KVM Guests in debugfs"
>       depends on KVM_GUEST && DEBUG_FS
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
> index 747c758f67b7..d1dbe8e4eb82 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
> @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ NEXT_PAGE(early_dynamic_pgts)
>  
>       .data
>  
> -#if defined(CONFIG_XEN_PV) || defined(CONFIG_XEN_PVH)
> +#if defined(CONFIG_XEN_PV) || defined(CONFIG_PVH)
>  NEXT_PGD_PAGE(init_top_pgt)
>       .quad   level3_ident_pgt - __START_KERNEL_map + _KERNPG_TABLE_NOENC
>       .org    init_top_pgt + L4_PAGE_OFFSET*8, 0
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
> index 1ef391aa184d..e07abefd3d26 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
> @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ config XEN_DEBUG_FS
>         Enabling this option may incur a significant performance overhead.
>  
>  config XEN_PVH
> -     bool "Support for running as a PVH guest"
> +     bool "Support for running as a Xen PVH guest"
>       depends on XEN && XEN_PVHVM && ACPI
> +     select PVH
>       def_bool n
> -- 

LGTM:

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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