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Re: [PATCH for-4.16 v2] CHANGELOG: add missing entries for work during the 4.16 release cycle


  • To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 11:51:59AM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> (reducing Cc list)
> 
> On 22.11.2021 11:40, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> > --- a/CHANGELOG.md
> > +++ b/CHANGELOG.md
> > @@ -21,6 +21,32 @@ The format is based on [Keep a 
> > Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
> >   - qemu-traditional based device models (both, qemu-traditional and 
> > ioemu-stubdom) will
> >     no longer be built per default. In order to be able to use those, 
> > configure needs to
> >     be called with "--enable-qemu-traditional" as parameter.
> > + - Fixes for credit2 scheduler stability in corner case conditions.
> > + - Ongoing improvements in the hypervisor build system.
> > + - vtpmmgr miscellaneous fixes in preparation for TPM 2.0 support.
> > + - 32bit PV guests only supported in shim mode.
> > + - Improved PVH dom0 debug key handling.
> > + - Fix booting on some Intel systems without a PIT (i8254).
> > + - Do not build qemu-traditional or pvgrub by default.
> > + - Cleanup of the xenstore library interface.
> > + - Fix truncation of return value from xencall2 by introducing a new helper
> > +   that returns a long instead.
> 
> This has been backported, so it's not really new in that sense, I would say.
> I don't necessarily mean to request removal from this list, but some 
> indication
> as to its availability in 4.15.1 may be helpful.
> 
> Then again I realize this also would apply to a few other items; this one is
> just where the aspect first occurred to me.

I'm not sure how we could properly track backports, short of adding a
separate section for each minor version.

> > + - Fix system register accesses on Arm to use the proper 32/64bit access 
> > size.
> > + - Various fixes for Arm OP-TEE mediator.
> > +
> > +### Added
> > + - 32bit Arm builds to the gitlab-ci automated tests.
> > + - x86 full system tests to the gitlab-ci automated tests.
> > + - New x86 pagetable APIs.
> 
> May I ask what this is about?

It's related to:

https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1619014052.git.hongyxia@xxxxxxxxxx/

But I realize I should have added "Switch to domheap for Xen page
tables" instead likely. Some patches in the series had "switch to new
APIs" and that made me write that entry.

Thanks, Roger.



 


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