Re: Xen 4.3 development update, and stock-taking

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>]

On 17/01/13 15:54, Daniel De Graaf wrote:
> On 01/16/2013 12:55 PM, George Dunlap wrote:
>> Below is a summary of the projects / features being worked on for the 4.3
>> time frame.  The tentative feature freeze is scheduled for 25 March, which
>> is just over 2 months away.  With that in mind, I think it's time to take
>> stock of the development, so we know whether to ask for more help or divert
>> resources.
>>
>> To that end, I've added a line called "prognosis", indicating the
>> likelihood of completion in the 4.3 timeframe.  For items involving code
>> hosted on the Xen.org site (including qemu-xen), that means a likelihood of
>> having the feature code-complete and mostly working by the feature freeze.
>> (It's OK if there are still bugs to be worked out.)  For items in Linux, I
>> think it would mean having items on track to make it into the kernel
>> released just after the scheduled 4.3 time frame.  Not sure what that means
>> for libvirt. :-)
>>
>> I've given ratings to projects that I thought I had some insight on, but I
>> would appreciate if everyone could review these and let me know if they're
>> not accurate.
>>
>> I'd particularly appreciate it if the people listed below could give
>> prognoses on the project listed.
>>
>> Meanings of prognoses:
>> - Excellent: It would be very unlikely for this not to be finished in time.
>> - Good: Everything is on track, and is likely to make it.
>> - Fair: A pretty good chance of making it, but not as certain
>> - Poor: Likely not to make it unless intervention is made
>> - Not for 4.3: self-explanatory
> [...]
>> * Allow XSM to override IS_PRIV checks in the hypervisor
>>    owner: Daniel De Graaf
>>    status: patches against 4.3-unstable posted, awaiting approval
>>    prognosis: Good
>>    This makes it possible to allow some user domains limited access to
>>    dom0-only hypercalls. This could be used to allow a user-created
>>    toolstack domain to administer its own set of VMs instead of relying
>>    on dom0's toolstack.
> These patches are now in xen-unstable.
>

OK, so this is done?  Great!  I'll mark it down.

  -George