Re: [PATCH v2] xen: EXPERT clean-up and introduce UNSUPPORTED

2020-11-23 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Fri, 20 Nov 2020, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 19.11.2020 22:40, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Thu, 19 Nov 2020, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> On 18.11.2020 22:00, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > >>> On Wed, 18 Nov 2020, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 18.11.2020 01:50, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > 1) It

Re: [PATCH v2] xen: EXPERT clean-up and introduce UNSUPPORTED

2020-11-21 Thread Rich Persaud
 On Nov 20, 2020, at 05:09, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 19.11.2020 22:40, Stefano Stabellini wrote: >> On Thu, 19 Nov 2020, Jan Beulich wrote: >>> On 18.11.2020 22:00, Stefano Stabellini wrote: On Wed, 18 Nov 2020, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 18.11.2020 01:50, Stefano Stabellini wrote: >>

Re: [PATCH v2] xen: EXPERT clean-up and introduce UNSUPPORTED

2020-11-20 Thread Jan Beulich
On 19.11.2020 22:40, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Thu, 19 Nov 2020, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 18.11.2020 22:00, Stefano Stabellini wrote: >>> On Wed, 18 Nov 2020, Jan Beulich wrote: On 18.11.2020 01:50, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > 1) It is not obvious that "Configure standard Xen features

Re: [PATCH v2] xen: EXPERT clean-up and introduce UNSUPPORTED

2020-11-19 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Thu, 19 Nov 2020, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 18.11.2020 22:00, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Nov 2020, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> On 18.11.2020 01:50, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > >>> 1) It is not obvious that "Configure standard Xen features (expert > >>> users)" is actually the famous EXPE

Re: [PATCH v2] xen: EXPERT clean-up and introduce UNSUPPORTED

2020-11-19 Thread Jan Beulich
On 18.11.2020 22:00, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Wed, 18 Nov 2020, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 18.11.2020 01:50, Stefano Stabellini wrote: >>> 1) It is not obvious that "Configure standard Xen features (expert >>> users)" is actually the famous EXPERT we keep talking about on xen-devel >> >> Which

Re: [PATCH v2] xen: EXPERT clean-up and introduce UNSUPPORTED

2020-11-18 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 18.11.2020 01:50, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > 1) It is not obvious that "Configure standard Xen features (expert > > users)" is actually the famous EXPERT we keep talking about on xen-devel > > Which can be addressed by simply changing the one prompt

Re: [PATCH v2] xen: EXPERT clean-up and introduce UNSUPPORTED

2020-11-18 Thread Bertrand Marquis
Hi Jan, > On 18 Nov 2020, at 08:50, Jan Beulich wrote: > > On 18.11.2020 09:45, Bertrand Marquis wrote: >>> On 18 Nov 2020, at 00:50, Stefano Stabellini wrote: >>> --- a/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig >>> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig >>> @@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ config HVM >>> If unsure, say Y. >>> >>> c

Re: [PATCH v2] xen: EXPERT clean-up and introduce UNSUPPORTED

2020-11-18 Thread Jan Beulich
On 18.11.2020 09:45, Bertrand Marquis wrote: >> On 18 Nov 2020, at 00:50, Stefano Stabellini wrote: >> --- a/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig >> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig >> @@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ config HVM >>If unsure, say Y. >> >> config XEN_SHSTK >> -bool "Supervisor Shadow Stacks" >> -depen

Re: [PATCH v2] xen: EXPERT clean-up and introduce UNSUPPORTED

2020-11-18 Thread Bertrand Marquis
Hi Stefano, > On 18 Nov 2020, at 00:50, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > From: Stefano Stabellini > > 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 fam

Re: [PATCH v2] xen: EXPERT clean-up and introduce UNSUPPORTED

2020-11-18 Thread Jan Beulich
On 18.11.2020 01:50, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > 1) It is not obvious that "Configure standard Xen features (expert > users)" is actually the famous EXPERT we keep talking about on xen-devel Which can be addressed by simply changing the one prompt line. > 2) It is not obvious when we need to enab

[PATCH v2] xen: EXPERT clean-up and introduce UNSUPPORTED

2020-11-17 Thread Stefano Stabellini
From: Stefano Stabellini 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 e