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From: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
To: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, x86@kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>,
	Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] xen: issue deprecation warning for 32-bit pv guest
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:38:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191025073858.15081-1-jgross@suse.com> (raw)

Support for the kernel as Xen 32-bit PV guest will soon be removed.
Issue a warning when booted as such.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
index 58f79ab32358..5bfea374a160 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ static void __init xen_banner(void)
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Xen version: %d.%d%s%s\n",
 	       version >> 16, version & 0xffff, extra.extraversion,
 	       xen_feature(XENFEAT_mmu_pt_update_preserve_ad) ? " (preserve-AD)" : "");
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+	pr_warn("WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!\n"
+		"Support for running as 32-bit PV-guest under Xen will soon be removed\n"
+		"from the Linux kernel!\n"
+		"Please use either a 64-bit kernel or switch to HVM or PVH mode!\n"
+		"WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!\n");
+#endif
 }
 
 static void __init xen_pv_init_platform(void)
-- 
2.16.4


             reply	other threads:[~2019-10-25  8:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-25  7:38 Juergen Gross [this message]
2019-10-25 13:48 ` [PATCH] xen: issue deprecation warning for 32-bit pv guest Boris Ostrovsky
2019-10-28  8:46 ` hpa

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