Xen 4.19 release status tracking list [ March ]

[Oleksii <oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everyone,

I would like to share with you a list for status tracking based on Xen
ML and community members comments:

Arm:
  * [PATCH v6 00/15] Arm cache coloring [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240129171811.21382-1-carlo.nonato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
]:
    new patch series version [v6] was sent

  * [PATCH v13 00/14] PCI devices passthrough on Arm, part 3 [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240202213321.1920347-1-stewart.hildebrand@xxxxxxx/
]

PPC:
  * [PATCH v2 0/7] Early Boot Allocation on Power [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1702607884.git.sanastasio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
]

RISC-V:
  * [PATCH v4 05/23]  Enable build of full Xen for RISC-V [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1708962629.git.oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx/
]:
    a bulk of patch have been merged already and a new version was sent
to ML

x86:
  * [PATCH 0/4] iommu/x86: fixes/improvements for unity range checks [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240201170159.66330-1-roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx/
]: 
    * almost patch series have been merged already except the patch:
[PATCH 4/4] iommu/x86: make unity range checking more strict

  * [PATCH 0/8] x86: support AVX10.1 [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/298db76f-d0ee-4d47-931f-1baa1a7546cf@xxxxxxxx/
]
  
  * APX support?

  * [PATCH v4 0/8] x86emul: misc additions [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/9dd23064-c79e-4a50-9c71-c0e73b189944@xxxxxxxx/
]:
    * [PATCH v4 3/8] VMX: tertiary execution control infrastructure -
was merged
    
  * [PATCH 0/7] VT-d: SATC handling and ATS tidying [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/25506838-b818-4686-8c16-3a198338af44@xxxxxxxx/
]

  * [XEN PATCH 0/9] x86: parallelize AP bring-up during boot [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1699982111.git.krystian.hebel@xxxxxxxxx/
]

  * [PATCH v2 00/12] x86: memcpy() / memset() (non-)ERMS flavors plus
fallout [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/8f56a8f4-0482-932f-96a9-c791bebb4610@xxxxxxxx/
]
    * [PATCH v2 01/12] x86: introduce ioremap_wc() - were merged

common:
  * annotate entry points with type and size" series:
    The bulk of this has gone in, but there'll want to be follow-ups.

  * limit passing around of cpu_user_regs [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/ebc330a9-eafa-4858-b5cf-5694c4da911d@xxxxxxxx/
]:
    new patch series version was sent.

  * [PATCH v2 (resend) 00/27] Remove the directmap [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240116192611.41112-1-eliasely@xxxxxxxxxx/
]

  * [PATCH v9 0/7] Introduce generic headers [
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1708086091.git.oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx/
]:
    Almost fully patch series were merged except several patches:
       * [PATCH v9 1/7] automation: introduce fixed randconfig for
RISC-V
       * [PATCH v9 2/7] xen/asm-generic: introduce stub header
monitor.h
       * [PATCH v9 6/7] xen/ppc: switch PPC to use asm-generic/device.h
  
  * [PATCH] move __read_mostly to xen/cache.h [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/f25eb5c9-7c14-6e23-8535-2c66772b333e@xxxxxxxx/
]

  * [XEN PATCH v2 1/3] xen: introduce STATIC_ASSERT_UNREACHABLE() [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/42fc6ae8d3eb802429d29c774502ff232340dc84.1706259490.git.federico.serafini@xxxxxxxxxxx/
]

  * MISRA rules updates:
    [PATCH v2] docs/misra/rules.rst update [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/alpine.DEB.2.22.394.2402131431070.1925432@ubuntu-linux-20-04-desktop/T/#maded3df1bebe68d0fe53c73e89f996ec395a39e5
]

  * [XEN PATCH 00/10] address some violations of MISRA C Rule 20.7 [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1709219010.git.nicola.vetrini@xxxxxxxxxxx/T/#t
]
    
  * [PATCH v4 00/12] xen/spinlock: make recursive spinlocks a dedicated
type [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20231212094725.22184-1-jgross@xxxxxxxx/T/#t
]

  * [PATCH v2 0/5] xen/livepatch: fixes for the pre-apply / post-revert
hooks [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240227112528.4540-1-roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#m620c827bd097522d9d87b7f6511bc1599f6a8c84
]

Completed:
  Arm:
      * [PATCH v1 repost 0/4] xen/arm64: Rework the MMU-off code
(idmap) so it is self-contained [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240116143709.86584-1-julien@xxxxxxx/
]
  
  x86:
      * [PATCH v9 0/6] tools: enable xenstore-stubdom to use 9pfs [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240229124830.13680-1-jgross@xxxxxxxx/
] 

  common:
      * [PATCH v2] NUMA: no need for asm/numa.h when !NUMA [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/94cffa48-5e31-4557-827d-c6dec6031d05@xxxxxxxx/
]
      * [PATCH] xen: move BUG_ON(), WARN_ON(), ASSERT(),
ASSERT_UNREACHABLE() to xen/bug.h [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/4887b2d91a4bf2e8b4b66f03964259651981403b.1706897023.git.oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx/
]
      * [PATCH] xen/lib: introduce generic find next bit operations [
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/52730e6314210ba4164a9934a720c4fda201447b.1706266854.git.oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx/
]

Please reply with items you would like to see in 4.19 so that people
know what is happening and prioritize accordingly.
You're welcome to provide a description and use cases of the feature
you're working on.

Have a nice week!

Best regards,
 Oleksii