[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [PATCH v3] xen: EXPERT clean-up and introduce UNSUPPORTED
A recent thread [1] has exposed a couple of issues with our current way of handling EXPERT. 1) It is not obvious that "Configure standard Xen features (expert users)" is actually the famous EXPERT we keep talking about on xen-devel 2) It is not obvious when we need to enable EXPERT to get a specific feature In particular if you want to enable ACPI support so that you can boot Xen on an ACPI platform, you have to enable EXPERT first. But searching through the kconfig menu it is really not clear (type '/' and "ACPI"): nothing in the description tells you that you need to enable EXPERT to get the option. So this patch makes things easier by doing two things: - introduce a new kconfig option UNSUPPORTED which is clearly to enable UNSUPPORTED features as defined by SUPPORT.md - change EXPERT options to UNSUPPORTED where it makes sense: keep depending on EXPERT for features made for experts - tag unsupported features by adding (UNSUPPORTED) to the one-line description - clarify the EXPERT one-line description [1] https://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=160333101228981 Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx CC: george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx CC: iwj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: jbeulich@xxxxxxxx CC: julien@xxxxxxx CC: wl@xxxxxxx CC: Bertrand.Marquis@xxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v3: - improve UNSUPPORTED text description - avoid changing XEN_SHSTK and EFI_SET_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS_MAP - update HVM_FEP to be UNSUPPORTED Changes in v2: - introduce UNSUPPORTED - don't switch all EXPERT options to UNSUPPORTED See as reference the v2 thread here: https://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=160566066013723 --- xen/Kconfig | 9 ++++++++- xen/arch/arm/Kconfig | 10 +++++----- xen/arch/x86/Kconfig | 6 +++--- xen/common/Kconfig | 2 +- xen/common/sched/Kconfig | 6 +++--- 5 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/xen/Kconfig b/xen/Kconfig index 34c318bfa2..4a3d988353 100644 --- a/xen/Kconfig +++ b/xen/Kconfig @@ -34,8 +34,15 @@ config DEFCONFIG_LIST option defconfig_list default ARCH_DEFCONFIG +config UNSUPPORTED + bool "Configure UNSUPPORTED features" + help + This option allows certain unsupported Xen options to be changed, + which includes non-security-supported, experimental, and tech + preview features as defined by SUPPORT.md. + config EXPERT - bool "Configure standard Xen features (expert users)" + bool "Configure EXPERT features" help This option allows certain base Xen options and settings to be disabled or tweaked. This is for specialized environments diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/Kconfig b/xen/arch/arm/Kconfig index c3eb13ea73..cca76040e5 100644 --- a/xen/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/xen/arch/arm/Kconfig @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ menu "Architecture Features" source "arch/Kconfig" config ACPI - bool "ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support" if EXPERT + bool "ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support (UNSUPPORTED)" if UNSUPPORTED depends on ARM_64 ---help--- @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ config GICV3 If unsure, say Y config HAS_ITS - bool "GICv3 ITS MSI controller support" if EXPERT + bool "GICv3 ITS MSI controller support (UNSUPPORTED)" if UNSUPPORTED depends on GICV3 && !NEW_VGIC config HVM @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ config SBSA_VUART_CONSOLE SBSA Generic UART implements a subset of ARM PL011 UART. config ARM_SSBD - bool "Speculative Store Bypass Disable" if EXPERT + bool "Speculative Store Bypass Disable (UNSUPPORTED)" if UNSUPPORTED depends on HAS_ALTERNATIVE default y help @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ config ARM_SSBD If unsure, say Y. config HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR - bool "Harden the branch predictor against aliasing attacks" if EXPERT + bool "Harden the branch predictor against aliasing attacks (UNSUPPORTED)" if UNSUPPORTED default y help Speculation attacks against some high-performance processors rely on @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ config HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR If unsure, say Y. config TEE - bool "Enable TEE mediators support" if EXPERT + bool "Enable TEE mediators support (UNSUPPORTED)" if UNSUPPORTED default n help This option enables generic TEE mediators support. It allows guests diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig b/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig index 78f351f94b..302334d3e4 100644 --- a/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ config BIGMEM If unsure, say N. config HVM_FEP - bool "HVM Forced Emulation Prefix support" if EXPERT + bool "HVM Forced Emulation Prefix support (UNSUPPORTED)" if UNSUPPORTED default DEBUG depends on HVM ---help--- @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ config HVM_FEP If unsure, say N. config TBOOT - bool "Xen tboot support" if EXPERT + bool "Xen tboot support (UNSUPPORTED)" if UNSUPPORTED default y if !PV_SHIM_EXCLUSIVE select CRYPTO ---help--- @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ config HYPERV_GUEST endif config MEM_SHARING - bool "Xen memory sharing support" if EXPERT + bool "Xen memory sharing support (UNSUPPORTED)" if UNSUPPORTED depends on HVM endmenu diff --git a/xen/common/Kconfig b/xen/common/Kconfig index b5c91a1664..39451e8350 100644 --- a/xen/common/Kconfig +++ b/xen/common/Kconfig @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ config LATE_HWDOM If unsure, say N. config ARGO - bool "Argo: hypervisor-mediated interdomain communication" if EXPERT + bool "Argo: hypervisor-mediated interdomain communication (UNSUPPORTED)" if UNSUPPORTED ---help--- Enables a hypercall for domains to ask the hypervisor to perform data transfer of messages between domains. diff --git a/xen/common/sched/Kconfig b/xen/common/sched/Kconfig index 61231aacaa..94c9e20139 100644 --- a/xen/common/sched/Kconfig +++ b/xen/common/sched/Kconfig @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ config SCHED_CREDIT2 optimized for lower latency and higher VM density. config SCHED_RTDS - bool "RTDS scheduler support (EXPERIMENTAL)" + bool "RTDS scheduler support (UNSUPPORTED)" if UNSUPPORTED default y ---help--- The RTDS scheduler is a soft and firm real-time scheduler for @@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ config SCHED_RTDS in the cloud, and general low-latency workloads. config SCHED_ARINC653 - bool "ARINC653 scheduler support (EXPERIMENTAL)" + bool "ARINC653 scheduler support (UNSUPPORTED)" if UNSUPPORTED default DEBUG ---help--- The ARINC653 scheduler is a hard real-time scheduler for single cores, targeted for avionics, drones, and medical devices. config SCHED_NULL - bool "Null scheduler support (EXPERIMENTAL)" + bool "Null scheduler support (UNSUPPORTED)" if UNSUPPORTED default y ---help--- The null scheduler is a static, zero overhead scheduler, -- 2.17.1
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