From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932775Ab1BYTd6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:33:58 -0500 Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:16821 "EHLO rcsinet10.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932754Ab1BYTd5 (ORCPT >); Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:33:57 -0500 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:32:30 -0500 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk To: Stefano Stabellini Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , Jeremy Fitzhardinge Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Xen PV on HVM fixes and improvements Message-ID: <20110225193230.GA17090@dumpdata.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Source-IP: acsmt355.oracle.com [141.146.40.155] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090202.4D68041D.001B:SCFMA4539814,ss=1,fgs=0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 05:11:33PM +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > Hi all, > this patch series is a collection of fixes and improvements for Linux > running as Xen PV on HVM guest. > Changes to the previous version: Looks good to me. I am surprised that it was that easy to get the balloon code to work under HVM.. > > - patch 5 and 6 have been squashed together; > > - xen_hvm_spinlock_init has been merged into xen_hvm_smp_prepare_cpus. > > > The list of patches with diffstat follows: > > Stefano Stabellini (6): > xen: no need to delay xen_setup_shutdown_event for hvm guests anymore > xen: do not use xen_info on HVM, set pv_info name to "Xen HVM" > xen-blkfront: handle Xen major numbers other than XENVBD > xen: make the ballon driver work for hvm domains > xen: PV on HVM: support PV spinlocks and IPIs > xen: fix compile issue if XEN is enabled but XEN_PVHVM is disabled > > arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 6 ++- > arch/x86/xen/smp.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++ > arch/x86/xen/suspend.c | 2 + > arch/x86/xen/xen-ops.h | 2 + > drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > drivers/xen/balloon.c | 14 ++++-- > drivers/xen/manage.c | 17 ++------ > drivers/xen/platform-pci.c | 3 - > include/xen/interface/io/blkif.h | 21 ++++++++++ > 9 files changed, 154 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) > > A branch with these patches on 2.6.38-rc6 is available here: > > git://xenbits.xen.org/people/sstabellini/linux-pvhvm.git 2.6.38-rc6-pvhvm > > Cheers, > > Stefano