xen: Introduce 'xen_nopv' to disable PV extensions for HVM guests. (8d693b91) · Commits · 戴 / test

By default when CONFIG_XEN and CONFIG_XEN_PVHVM kernels are run, they will enable the PV extensions (drivers, interrupts, timers, etc) - which is the best option for the majority of use cases. However, in some cases (kexec not fully working, benchmarking) we want to disable Xen PV extensions. As such introduce the 'xen_nopv' parameter that will do it. This parameter is intended only for HVM guests as the Xen PV guests MUST boot with PV extensions. However, even if you use 'xen_nopv' on Xen PV guests it will be ignored. Signed-off-by:

Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Reviewed-by:

David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com> --- [v2: s/off/xen_nopv/ per Boris Ostrovsky recommendation.] [v3: Add Reviewed-by] [v4: Clarify that this is only for HVM guests]

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

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		@@ -3691,6 +3691,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
		Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
		optimizations.

		xen_nopv [X86]
		Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
		run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.

		xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA]
		Format:
		<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]

arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c

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		@@ -1826,8 +1826,19 @@ static void __init xen_hvm_guest_init(void)
		xen_hvm_init_mmu_ops();
		}

		static bool xen_nopv = false;
		static __init int xen_parse_nopv(char *arg)
		{
		xen_nopv = true;
		return 0;
		}
		early_param("xen_nopv", xen_parse_nopv);

		static uint32_t __init xen_hvm_platform(void)
		{
		if (xen_nopv)
		return 0;

		if (xen_pv_domain())
		return 0;

		@@ -1836,6 +1847,8 @@ static uint32_t __init xen_hvm_platform(void)

		bool xen_hvm_need_lapic(void)
		{
		if (xen_nopv)
		return false;
		if (xen_pv_domain())
		return false;
		if (!xen_hvm_domain())

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