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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-09-08 11:46:48 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-09-08 11:46:48 -0700 |
commit | 752240e74d650faa24425adc523f1308973ea51c (patch) | |
tree | 47657b7d468352424f844156883302653252f70e /Documentation | |
parent | b8cb642af98216fe6eeca1525345b8a5c9d7c9a4 (diff) | |
parent | 626d7508664c4bc8e67f496da4387ecd0c410b8c (diff) | |
download | linux-752240e74d650faa24425adc523f1308973ea51c.tar.bz2 |
Merge tag 'for-linus-4.3-rc0-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip
Pull xen updates from David Vrabel:
"Xen features and fixes for 4.3:
- Convert xen-blkfront to the multiqueue API
- [arm] Support binding event channels to different VCPUs.
- [x86] Support > 512 GiB in a PV guests (off by default as such a
guest cannot be migrated with the current toolstack).
- [x86] PMU support for PV dom0 (limited support for using perf with
Xen and other guests)"
* tag 'for-linus-4.3-rc0-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip: (33 commits)
xen: switch extra memory accounting to use pfns
xen: limit memory to architectural maximum
xen: avoid another early crash of memory limited dom0
xen: avoid early crash of memory limited dom0
arm/xen: Remove helpers which are PV specific
xen/x86: Don't try to set PCE bit in CR4
xen/PMU: PMU emulation code
xen/PMU: Intercept PMU-related MSR and APIC accesses
xen/PMU: Describe vendor-specific PMU registers
xen/PMU: Initialization code for Xen PMU
xen/PMU: Sysfs interface for setting Xen PMU mode
xen: xensyms support
xen: remove no longer needed p2m.h
xen: allow more than 512 GB of RAM for 64 bit pv-domains
xen: move p2m list if conflicting with e820 map
xen: add explicit memblock_reserve() calls for special pages
mm: provide early_memremap_ro to establish read-only mapping
xen: check for initrd conflicting with e820 map
xen: check pre-allocated page tables for conflict with memory map
xen: check for kernel memory conflicting with memory layout
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor-pmu | 23 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 |
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor-pmu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor-pmu new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..224faa105e18 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor-pmu @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +What: /sys/hypervisor/pmu/pmu_mode +Date: August 2015 +KernelVersion: 4.3 +Contact: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> +Description: + Describes mode that Xen's performance-monitoring unit (PMU) + uses. Accepted values are + "off" -- PMU is disabled + "self" -- The guest can profile itself + "hv" -- The guest can profile itself and, if it is + privileged (e.g. dom0), the hypervisor + "all" -- The guest can profile itself, the hypervisor + and all other guests. Only available to + privileged guests. + +What: /sys/hypervisor/pmu/pmu_features +Date: August 2015 +KernelVersion: 4.3 +Contact: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> +Description: + Describes Xen PMU features (as an integer). A set bit indicates + that the corresponding feature is enabled. See + include/xen/interface/xenpmu.h for available features diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index f0c950598582..22a4b687ea5b 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4106,6 +4106,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer. x86_intel_mid_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt + xen_512gb_limit [KNL,X86-64,XEN] + Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen + to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is + crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain + save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger + domains. + xen_emul_unplug= [HW,X86,XEN] Unplug Xen emulated devices Format: [unplug0,][unplug1] |