From: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@cardoe.com>
To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
Xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xen.org>
Cc: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>,
Tim Deegan <tim@xen.org>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Convert shadow-paging to Kconfig
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:46:54 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56ABDDCE.6020005@cardoe.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1454091618-13423-1-git-send-email-andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
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On 1/29/16 12:20 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
> ---
> CC: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>
> CC: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@cardoe.com>
> CC: Tim Deegan <tim@xen.org>
> CC: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>
>
> v2:
> * Expand text. Use more-common makefile syntax
> ---
> xen/arch/x86/Kconfig | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> xen/arch/x86/Rules.mk | 4 ----
> xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/Makefile | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig b/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 4781b34..1fd72fa 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -27,6 +27,24 @@ menu "Architecture Features"
>
> source "arch/Kconfig"
>
> +config SHADOW_PAGING
> + bool "Shadow Paging"
> + default y
> + ---help---
> +
> + Shadow paging is a software alternative to hardware paging support
> + (Intel EPT, AMD NPT).
> +
> + It is required for:
> + * Running HVM guests on hardware lacking hardware paging support
> + (First-generation Intel VT-x or AMD SVM).
> + * Live migration of PV guests.
> +
> + Under a small number of specific workloads, shadow paging may be
> + deliberately used as a performance optimisation.
> +
> + If unsure, say Y.
> +
> config BIGMEM
> bool "big memory support"
> default n
> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/Rules.mk b/xen/arch/x86/Rules.mk
> index a108d24..a1cdae0 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/Rules.mk
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/Rules.mk
> @@ -22,13 +22,9 @@ $(call as-insn-check,CFLAGS,CC,".equ \"x\"$$(comma)1", \
> -U__OBJECT_LABEL__ -DHAVE_GAS_QUOTED_SYM \
> '-D__OBJECT_LABEL__=$(subst $(BASEDIR)/,,$(CURDIR))/$$@')
>
> -shadow-paging ?= y
> -
> CFLAGS += -mno-red-zone -mno-sse -fpic
> CFLAGS += -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
> # -fvisibility=hidden reduces -fpic cost, if it's available
> ifneq ($(call cc-option,$(CC),-fvisibility=hidden,n),n)
> CFLAGS += -DGCC_HAS_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE
> endif
> -
> -CFLAGS-$(shadow-paging) += -DCONFIG_SHADOW_PAGING
> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/Makefile b/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/Makefile
> index a07bc0c..cd4ec8a 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/Makefile
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/Makefile
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -ifeq ($(shadow-paging),y)
> +ifeq ($(CONFIG_SHADOW_PAGING),y)
> obj-y += common.o guest_2.o guest_3.o guest_4.o
> else
> obj-y += none.o
>
Reviewed-by: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@cardoe.com>
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-29 18:20 [PATCH] x86: Convert shadow-paging to Kconfig Andrew Cooper
2016-01-29 21:46 ` Doug Goldstein [this message]
2016-02-01 9:54 ` Tim Deegan
2016-02-02 11:39 ` George Dunlap
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2016-01-18 18:40 Andrew Cooper
2016-01-18 22:53 ` Doug Goldstein
2016-01-19 9:46 ` Ian Campbell
2016-01-19 13:23 ` Jan Beulich
2016-01-19 13:30 ` Andrew Cooper
2016-01-19 13:38 ` Jan Beulich
2016-01-19 13:47 ` Andrew Cooper
2016-01-19 13:39 ` Andrew Cooper
2016-01-19 13:50 ` Ian Campbell
2016-01-19 13:54 ` Andrew Cooper
2016-01-19 13:46 ` Tim Deegan
2016-01-19 13:51 ` Andrew Cooper
2016-01-19 13:27 ` Jan Beulich
2016-01-19 13:33 ` Andrew Cooper
2016-01-19 13:39 ` Jan Beulich
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