Re: Xen 4.20 Development Update [August-October]

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 12.11.2024 17:16, Oleksii Kurochko wrote:
> === x86 ===
> 
> *  Expose consistent topology to guests (v7)
>   -  Alejandro Vallejo
>   -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241021154600.11745-1-alejandro.vallejo@xxxxxxxxx/T/#m6033f95c660675039d7789d3af1ba2f292a3a69b
> 
> *  Boot modules for Hyperlaunch (v8)
>   -  Daniel P. Smith
>   -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241102172551.17233-1-dpsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#m94a2f6b9d410c6d624aaebd7c2bf85584c74383e
> 
> *  x86/mm: miscellaneous fixes (v2)
>   -  Roger Pau Monne
>   -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/Zyyo8qMobqQT-rA5@macbook/T/#m2df34239b793501c6246c85c4b00e52f9c439ac0
> 
> *  x86/ucode: Simplify/fix loading paths further (v1)
>   -  Andrew Cooper
>   -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241107122117.4073266-1-andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#m76304334081e6b4b0976c6c474f1f0772e0625d1
> 
> *  Address Space Isolation FPU preparations (v2)
>   -  Alejandro Vallejo
>   -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241105143310.28301-1-alejandro.vallejo@xxxxxxxxx/T/#mbca5192d7e5636ef5ea005a083e5ff28ebe6317d
> 
> *  Fix module-handling use-after-free's (v2)
>   -  Andrew Cooper

Wasn't this committed already?

> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241106003938.3453243-1-andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#mdf923bdf63b034a6493bf62beeead280b92a38ed
> 
> *  Reuse 32 bit C code more safely (v4)
>   -  Frediano Ziglio

Same question here.

> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241014085332.3254546-1-frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxx/T/#m53e36815ddec2511ddd1fa8d1a7ed9a27c0cd0f7
> 
> *  x86/alternatives: Adjust all insn-relative fields (v2)
>   -  Andrew Cooper
>   -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241002152725.1841575-1-andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#mac2deaea7e02a343210d61887486433d946ad129
> 
> *  x86: address violations of MISRA C Rule 16.3 (v1)
>   -  Federico Serafini
>   -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1725958416.git.federico.serafini@xxxxxxxxxxx/T/#m46c991ed7ea7a6fe505056facddfcc684be01ab6
> 
> *  Support device passthrough when dom0 is PVH on Xen (v16)
>   -  Jiqian Chen
>   -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240930034250.2682265-1-Jiqian.Chen@xxxxxxx/T/#m5d557d76f290ff5b5550c1443cab5774d397e526
> 
> *  x86emul: misc additions (v5)
>   -  Jan Beulich
>   -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/0b9a0ae8-a39c-49d8-b4e7-f2a463128058@xxxxxxxx/T/#m5aae1045eb07d85fb029bdef12a78cdb6bfe780e
> 
> *  x86/HVM: drop stdvga caching mode (v2)
>   -  Jan Beulich

This, after having been committed, even became the subject of an XSA that
was published earlier this week.

> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/dc3faf7d-0690-46e6-8fbc-67a177a1e171@xxxxxxxx/T/#mc8ca51cdbfb6ba26ea6b4624059d40ea075c2117
> 
> *  x86/HVM: emulation (MMIO) improvements (v1)
>   -  Jan Beulich
>   -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/31906cba-8646-4cf9-ab31-1d23654df8d1@xxxxxxxx/T/#mdae2f21b929170d60a8640e82857700c940e65c7

More stuff missing that was already intended for 4.19: AMX, AVX10, and
use of ERMS in Xen, to name just a few.

Jan