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Re: Xen 4.20 Development Update [August-October]
Hi all,
I would like to see "Arm cache coloring" in 4.20. I just sent v10.
Best regards.
- Carlo Nonato
On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 5:16 PM Oleksii Kurochko
<oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> This email only tracks big items for xen.git tree. Please reply for items you
> would like to see in 4.20 so that people have an idea what is going on and
> prioritise accordingly.
>
> You're welcome to provide description and use cases of the feature you're
> working on.
>
> = Timeline =
>
> ---> We are here
> * Last posting date: Nov 29, 2024
> * Feature freeze date: Dec 20, 2024
> * Hard code freeze: Jan 17, 2025
> * RC1: TBD
> * Release: Feb 21, 2025
> ( current release schedule:
> https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Project_X.YY_Release_Notes )
>
> All patches that wish to go into 4.20 must be posted no later than the last
> posting
> date. All patches posted after that date will be automatically queued
> into next release.
>
> RCs will be arranged immediately after freeze.
>
> = Projects =
>
> == Hypervisor ==
>
> * Remove the directmap (v4)
> - Elias El Yandouzi
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/f6973275-0d7e-4db4-b949-f21e530e1dfc@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#m9733aa717edf032db0cf8f8f6763537b4f30c1f8
>
> * remove libxenctrl usage from xenstored (v1)
> - Juergen Gross
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241023131005.32144-1-jgross@xxxxxxxx/T/#md016c48a0889740d1822aa68f7f33d4ad48f4805
>
> * automation: Refresh the remaining Debian containers (v2)
> - Javi Merino
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1730743077.git.javi.merino@xxxxxxxxx/T/#m5d9acb7cf5db3c2be3d6527de14b69b07812314e
>
> * Move gic_preinit() to common code (v2)
> - Oleksii Kurochko
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/2fe01b5a-aebb-4141-9cdd-887b5984d6b8@xxxxxxxx/T/#m8144a030ef64a479068482c864c9258a5cb43a87
>
> * stubdom: reduce xenstore library dependencies (v1)
> - Juergen Gross
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241010155459.22389-1-jgross@xxxxxxxx/T/#m8b5af386e2d288961bb6e8f7839650e0cab96a83
>
> * xen: address violations of MISRA C Rule 13.6 (v2)
> - Federico Serafini
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1727690180.git.federico.serafini@xxxxxxxxxxx/T/#mbec702db211240305e0d35649e65627d9fa75a29
>
> === x86 ===
>
> * Expose consistent topology to guests (v7)
> - Alejandro Vallejo
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241021154600.11745-1-alejandro.vallejo@xxxxxxxxx/T/#m6033f95c660675039d7789d3af1ba2f292a3a69b
>
> * Boot modules for Hyperlaunch (v8)
> - Daniel P. Smith
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241102172551.17233-1-dpsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#m94a2f6b9d410c6d624aaebd7c2bf85584c74383e
>
> * x86/mm: miscellaneous fixes (v2)
> - Roger Pau Monne
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/Zyyo8qMobqQT-rA5@macbook/T/#m2df34239b793501c6246c85c4b00e52f9c439ac0
>
> * x86/ucode: Simplify/fix loading paths further (v1)
> - Andrew Cooper
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241107122117.4073266-1-andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#m76304334081e6b4b0976c6c474f1f0772e0625d1
>
> * Address Space Isolation FPU preparations (v2)
> - Alejandro Vallejo
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241105143310.28301-1-alejandro.vallejo@xxxxxxxxx/T/#mbca5192d7e5636ef5ea005a083e5ff28ebe6317d
>
> * Fix module-handling use-after-free's (v2)
> - Andrew Cooper
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241106003938.3453243-1-andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#mdf923bdf63b034a6493bf62beeead280b92a38ed
>
> * Reuse 32 bit C code more safely (v4)
> - Frediano Ziglio
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241014085332.3254546-1-frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxx/T/#m53e36815ddec2511ddd1fa8d1a7ed9a27c0cd0f7
>
> * x86/alternatives: Adjust all insn-relative fields (v2)
> - Andrew Cooper
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241002152725.1841575-1-andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#mac2deaea7e02a343210d61887486433d946ad129
>
> * x86: address violations of MISRA C Rule 16.3 (v1)
> - Federico Serafini
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1725958416.git.federico.serafini@xxxxxxxxxxx/T/#m46c991ed7ea7a6fe505056facddfcc684be01ab6
>
> * Support device passthrough when dom0 is PVH on Xen (v16)
> - Jiqian Chen
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240930034250.2682265-1-Jiqian.Chen@xxxxxxx/T/#m5d557d76f290ff5b5550c1443cab5774d397e526
>
> * x86emul: misc additions (v5)
> - Jan Beulich
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/0b9a0ae8-a39c-49d8-b4e7-f2a463128058@xxxxxxxx/T/#m5aae1045eb07d85fb029bdef12a78cdb6bfe780e
>
> * x86/HVM: drop stdvga caching mode (v2)
> - Jan Beulich
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/dc3faf7d-0690-46e6-8fbc-67a177a1e171@xxxxxxxx/T/#mc8ca51cdbfb6ba26ea6b4624059d40ea075c2117
>
> * x86/HVM: emulation (MMIO) improvements (v1)
> - Jan Beulich
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/31906cba-8646-4cf9-ab31-1d23654df8d1@xxxxxxxx/T/#mdae2f21b929170d60a8640e82857700c940e65c7
>
> === ARM ===
>
> * Enable early bootup of AArch64 MPU systems (v5)
> - Ayan Kumar Halder
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241107150330.181143-1-ayan.kumar.halder@xxxxxxx/T/#m9cfd8bed109cc703b6ae8b8b6faaa116c08598ee
>
> * Add support for S32CC platforms and LINFlexD UART (v2)
> - Andrei Cherechesu
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240930114715.642978-1-andrei.cherechesu@xxxxxxxxxxx/T/#m8452ac342fdcf989fc1e498c097812b50157f2cc
>
> * Arm cache coloring (v9)
> - Carlo Nonato
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241025095014.42376-1-carlo.nonato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#md18fb02842c4ad2cd61b456be89020affcc452a3
>
> * ffa: Improvements and fixes (v2)
> - Bertrand Marquis
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1729066788.git.bertrand.marquis@xxxxxxx/T/#mb0c8aab97d46f9c9e933b3b9b0eef7e717e1f2e5
>
> * Add Virtio-PCI for dom0less on ARM (v1)
> - Edgar E. Iglesias
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240924162359.1390487-1-edgar.iglesias@xxxxxxxxx/T/#mfa148991b9408f223a079d4cef610244d5b04c2b
>
> === RISCV ===
>
> * Setup memory management (v5)
> - Oleksii Kurochko
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1731344883.git.oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx/T/#m9f76f1b685896ea603a2b153e05104c7405a7d28
>
> === PPC ===
>
> * Early Boot Allocation on Power (v5)
> - Shawn Anastasio
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1727388925.git.sanastasio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#m8cac91a93b56a359fa2d5f08596c4be61dca290d
>
> == Completed ==
>
> === Hypervisor ===
>
> * libxl: Implement QEMU command line probe (v1)
> - Anthony PERARD
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240827100328.23216-1-anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#mdef23cefc2532ab0c9d7460290cef26780cf97cb
>
> * xen/bitops: hweight() cleanup/improvements (v3)
> - Andrew Cooper
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240904225530.3888315-1-andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#me22e08f7477be725122dd9b97d29d272e3b586c4
>
> * Move percpu code to common (v2)
> - Oleksii Kurochko
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1727185495.git.oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx/T/#mf93394c46f15cbdcfc873de2d52d862a8b70da7f
>
> * xen/livepatch: improvements to loading (v3)
> - Roger Pau Monne
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240926101431.97444-1-roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#ma3f65948b065dc443aea2192873a3b3dfa52a2d7
>
> * Move {acpi_}device_init() and device_get_class() to common code (v5)
> - Oleksii Kurochko
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/17c7d988e45d7c82448b81fe66b01a5ceca0c15e.camel@xxxxxxxxx/T/#m68bd00d4f8b3724e83ba13024e94b15b58a28829
>
> * blkif: reconcile protocol specification with in-use implementations (v1)
> - Roger Pau Monne
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240903141923.72241-1-roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> === x86 ===
>
> * Drop Xeon Phi support (v1)
> - Jan Beulich
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/44147507-65a4-4f21-aada-fa647f53ffd0@xxxxxxxx/
>
> * Utilize ucode_force and remove opt_ucode_allow_same (v7)
> - Fouad Hilly
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240822130426.492931-4-fouad.hilly@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> * Switch flat driver to use phys dst for ext ints (v2)
> - Matthew Barnes
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/0db68e62ffc428f553a30397df1e79068d26bb5f.1728311378.git.matthew.barnes@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> * x86/shutdown: change default reboot method preference (v1)
> - Roger Pau Monne
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20240802105613.99197-1-roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> === ARM ===
>
> * iommu/ipmmu-vmsa: Add Renesas R8A779G0 (R-Car V4H) support (v1)
> - Grygorii Strashko
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/6ab4ad29-404d-4f5c-8582-5d2f492fd549@xxxxxxx/T/#t
>
> * xen/arm: dt overlay fixes (v2)
> - Michal Orzel
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20241004122220.234817-1-michal.orzel@xxxxxxx/T/#md51a060b93fe72f17637d6d72e3d4e2296cb4078
>
> === RISC-V ===
>
> * initialize bootinfo from dtb (v2)
> - Oleksii Kurochko
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1728481578.git.oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx/T/#m543bf84d47f0ea738938a9a442cd144bb34f7316
>
> * Register Xen's load address as a boot module (v3)
> - Oleksii Kurochko
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1728472163.git.oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx/T/#t
>
> * device tree mapping (v9)
> - Oleksii Kurochko
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1727781468.git.oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx/T/#t
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