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RE: [PATCH for-4.14] changelog: Add notes about CET and Migration changes



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 26 June 2020 15:38
> To: Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>; George Dunlap 
> <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ian
> Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>; Konrad 
> Rzeszutek Wilk
> <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>; Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>; Wei 
> Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>; Julien
> Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>; Paul Durrant <paul@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH for-4.14] changelog: Add notes about CET and Migration changes
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xxxxxxx>
Release-acked-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> CC: George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> CC: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Paul Durrant <paul@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  CHANGELOG.md | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
> index 43fd260156..5c3d3c791d 100644
> --- a/CHANGELOG.md
> +++ b/CHANGELOG.md
> @@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ The format is based on [Keep a 
> Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
>   - New 'domid_policy', allowing domain-ids to be randomly chosen.
>   - Option to preserve domain-id across migrate or save+restore.
>   - Support in kdd for initial KD protocol handshake for Win 7, 8 and 10 (64 
> bit).
> + - Tech preview support for Control-flow Execution Technology, with Xen using
> +   Supervisor Shadow Stacks for its own protection.
> +
> +### Changed
> + - The CPUID data seen by a guest on boot is now moved in the migration
> +   stream.  A guest migrating between non-identical hardware will now no
> +   longer observe details such as Family/Model/Stepping, Cache, etc changing.
> +   An administrator still needs to take care to ensure the features visible 
> to
> +   the guest at boot are compatible with anywhere it might migrate.
> 
>  ## 
> [4.13.0](https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=shortlog;h=RELEASE-4.13.0)
>  - 2019-12-17
> 
> --
> 2.11.0





 


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