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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-10-12 14:39:38 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-10-12 14:39:38 -0700
commit778ce723e93ee803ef5883619fe2391e00dbc209 (patch)
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Merge tag 'for-linus-6.1-rc1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip
Pull xen updates from Juergen Gross: - Some minor typo fixes - A fix of the Xen pcifront driver for supporting the device model to run in a Linux stub domain - A cleanup of the pcifront driver - A series to enable grant-based virtio with Xen on x86 - A cleanup of Xen PV guests to distinguish between safe and faulting MSR accesses - Two fixes of the Xen gntdev driver - Two fixes of the new xen grant DMA driver * tag 'for-linus-6.1-rc1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip: xen: Kconfig: Fix spelling mistake "Maxmium" -> "Maximum" xen/pv: support selecting safe/unsafe msr accesses xen/pv: refactor msr access functions to support safe and unsafe accesses xen/pv: fix vendor checks for pmu emulation xen/pv: add fault recovery control to pmu msr accesses xen/virtio: enable grant based virtio on x86 xen/virtio: use dom0 as default backend for CONFIG_XEN_VIRTIO_FORCE_GRANT xen/virtio: restructure xen grant dma setup xen/pcifront: move xenstore config scanning into sub-function xen/gntdev: Accommodate VMA splitting xen/gntdev: Prevent leaking grants xen/virtio: Fix potential deadlock when accessing xen_grant_dma_devices xen/virtio: Fix n_pages calculation in xen_grant_dma_map(unmap)_page() xen/xenbus: Fix spelling mistake "hardward" -> "hardware" xen-pcifront: Handle missed Connected state
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@@ -6851,6 +6851,12 @@
Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
panic() code such as dumping handler.
+ xen_msr_safe= [X86,XEN]
+ Format: <bool>
+ Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR
+ access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The
+ default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE.
+
xen_nopvspin [X86,XEN]
Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which