Re: Xen 4.19 release status tracking list [ May ]

[Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 06:54:40PM +0200, Oleksii wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I would like to share with you a list for status tracking based on Xen
> ML and community members comments:
> 
> *** Arm ***:
>   * Arm cache coloring [
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240502165533.319988-1-carlo.nonato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> ]:
>     - new patch series version [v8] was sent
> 
>   * PCI devices passthrough on Arm, part 3 [
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240202213321.1920347-1-stewart.hildebrand@xxxxxxx/
> ]
>  
>   * DOMCTL-based guest magic region allocation for 11
> domUs [
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240409045357.236802-1-xin.wang2@xxxxxxx/
> ]
>      - new patch series verstion [v4] was sent
>  
>   * [XEN v6 0/3] xen/arm: Add emulation of Debug Data Transfer
> Registers [
> https://patchew.org/Xen/20240307123943.1991755-1-ayan.kumar.halder@xxxxxxx/
> ]
> 
> *** PPC ***:
>   * [PATCH v4 0/6] Early Boot Allocation on Power [
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1712893887.git.sanastasio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> ]:
>     new patch series version [v4] was sent
> 
> *** RISC-V ***:
>   * [PATCH v8 00/17] Enable build of full Xen for RISC-V
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1713347222.git.oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx/
> ]:
>     - several patches were merged
>     - new patch series version [v8] were sent
> 
> 
> *** x86 ***:
>   * [PATCH 0/4] iommu/x86: fixes/improvements for unity range checks [
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240201170159.66330-1-roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx/
> ]:
>     - almost patch series have been merged already except the patch:
>         [PATCH 4/4] iommu/x86: make unity range checking more strict
> 
>   * [PATCH 0/8] x86: support AVX10.1 [
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/298db76f-d0ee-4d47-931f-1baa1a7546cf@xxxxxxxx/
> ]:
>     - two patches of patch series are waitng to merged/reviewed:
>       [PATCH 1/4] amd-vi: fix IVMD memory type checks
>       [PATCH 4/4] iommu/x86: make unity range checking more strict 
>   
>   * APX support?
> 
>   * [PATCH v4 0/8] x86emul: misc additions [
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/9dd23064-c79e-4a50-9c71-c0e73b189944@xxxxxxxx/
> ]
>    
>   * [PATCH v2 00/12] VT-d: SATC handling; ATS: tidying[
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/64b028be-2197-4951-ae5b-32f9eabfa84a@xxxxxxxx/
> ]:
>     new version was sent [ v2 ]
> 
>   * [XEN PATCH 0/9] x86: parallelize AP bring-up during boot [
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1699982111.git.krystian.hebel@xxxxxxxxx/
> ]
> 
>   * [PATCH v2 00/12] x86: memcpy() / memset() (non-)ERMS flavors plus
> fallout [
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/8f56a8f4-0482-932f-96a9-c791bebb4610@xxxxxxxx/
> ]
>     - 6/12 are merged.
>  
>   * [PATCH v6 0/4] x86/pvh: Support relocating dom0 kernel [
> https://patchew.org/Xen/20240327215102.136001-1-jason.andryuk@xxxxxxx/
> ]

Isn't this done? (at least the Xen side):

dfc9fab00378 x86/PVH: Support relocatable dom0 kernels

I have some minor stuff that was posted one day after feature
freeze:

xen/x86: support foreign mappings for HVM
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240430165845.81696-1-roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx/

and

tools/xen-cpuid: switch to use cpu-policy defined names
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240502114922.94288-1-roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx/

Which I think would be nice to have for the release.

The first one because it enables work on PVH-based QEMU stubdomains,
the second it's a nice cleanup that makes it easier to introduce new
CPUID features.

Some series that I posted before the freeze:

livepatch: minor bug fixes and improvements
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240424081957.34326-1-roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx/
Patches 3 and 4 are pending review.

xen: introduce Kconfig function alignment option
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240207145547.89689-1-roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx/
Patch 2 is missing review.

And then some patches that I don't expect to make progress:

x86/shutdown: change default reboot method preference
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20230915074347.94712-1-roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx/

x86/time: prefer CMOS over EFI_GET_TIME
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240315114242.33309-1-roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx/

I find it quite funny how everyone complains about all downstreams
carrying similar patches to deal with firmware bugs, yet when I
attempt to formally post them I get zero interest from such
downstreams.  Maybe raising them here will help get some eyes.

Thanks, Roger.