On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 05:26:40PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Out-of-tree code is responsible for keeping up, not the other way around.
Ok, this actually a "doh, Boris, of course". If code wants to work with
linux, it should be upstream in the first place. Otherwise, it has to
keep up. Cool.
On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 05:26:40PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
Out-of-tree code is responsible for keeping up, not the other way around.
Ok, this actually a doh, Boris, of course. If code wants to work with
linux, it should be upstream in the first place. Otherwise, it has to
keep up. Cool.
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On 01/25/2013 10:43 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 07:35:07PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
Ok, if you prefer. We can definitely make all .o's which depend on
x86_hyper also depend on CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST - this solves the
whole deal trivially.
I'll respin the patches.
On 01/25/2013 10:43 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 07:35:07PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
Ok, if you prefer. We can definitely make all .o's which depend on
x86_hyper also depend on CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST - this solves the
whole deal trivially.
I'll respin the patches.
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:42:32AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> No, not really as EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() in no way implies that the code
> using it lives in the mainline.
I didn't say that - I said "any code (proprietary included) can link to
those symbols" meaning that I cannot possibly convert
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 07:32:13PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:12:51AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > Hi Borislav,
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 06:59:37PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > From: Borislav Petkov
> > >
> > > Put all config options needed to
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 07:35:07PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Ok, if you prefer. We can definitely make all .o's which depend on
> x86_hyper also depend on CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST - this solves the
> whole deal trivially.
>
> I'll respin the patches.
... provided, of course, nothing
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:29:25AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Can't we make the balloon driver depend on CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST?
We certainly can do that, AFAICT.
> We do not _need_ more and have no plans to introduce new ones AFAIK,
> but I think that comparing an address of a structure
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 07:23:35PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:07:31AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > - if (x86_hyper != _hyper_ms_hyperv)
> > > + if (!x86_hyper || strncmp(x86_hyper->name, "VMware", 6))
> > > return -ENODEV;
> >
> > I assume this is
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:12:51AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi Borislav,
>
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 06:59:37PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > From: Borislav Petkov
> >
> > Put all config options needed to run Linux as a guest behind a
> > CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST menu so that they
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:07:31AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > - if (x86_hyper != _hyper_ms_hyperv)
> > + if (!x86_hyper || strncmp(x86_hyper->name, "VMware", 6))
> > return -ENODEV;
>
> I assume this is a typo as I doubt MS is using the same signature as we
> do.
Yeah,
Hi Borislav,
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 06:59:37PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov
>
> Put all config options needed to run Linux as a guest behind a
> CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST menu so that they don't get built-in by
> default but selected by the user. Also, move x86_hyper
Hi Borislav,
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 06:59:37PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> index 8e1a9ec53003..cb467656e684 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> @@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ static int __init
From: Borislav Petkov
Put all config options needed to run Linux as a guest behind a
CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST menu so that they don't get built-in by
default but selected by the user. Also, move x86_hyper into an
unconditionally-built compilation unit because it is exported with the
non-GPL
From: Borislav Petkov b...@suse.de
Put all config options needed to run Linux as a guest behind a
CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST menu so that they don't get built-in by
default but selected by the user. Also, move x86_hyper into an
unconditionally-built compilation unit because it is exported with the
Hi Borislav,
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 06:59:37PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index 8e1a9ec53003..cb467656e684 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ static int __init
Hi Borislav,
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 06:59:37PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
From: Borislav Petkov b...@suse.de
Put all config options needed to run Linux as a guest behind a
CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST menu so that they don't get built-in by
default but selected by the user. Also, move
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:07:31AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
- if (x86_hyper != x86_hyper_ms_hyperv)
+ if (!x86_hyper || strncmp(x86_hyper-name, VMware, 6))
return -ENODEV;
I assume this is a typo as I doubt MS is using the same signature as we
do.
Yeah, Vmware is
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 07:23:35PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:07:31AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
- if (x86_hyper != x86_hyper_ms_hyperv)
+ if (!x86_hyper || strncmp(x86_hyper-name, VMware, 6))
return -ENODEV;
I assume this is a typo as I
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:12:51AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
Hi Borislav,
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 06:59:37PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
From: Borislav Petkov b...@suse.de
Put all config options needed to run Linux as a guest behind a
CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST menu so that they
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:29:25AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
Can't we make the balloon driver depend on CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST?
We certainly can do that, AFAICT.
We do not _need_ more and have no plans to introduce new ones AFAIK,
but I think that comparing an address of a structure
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 07:35:07PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
Ok, if you prefer. We can definitely make all .o's which depend on
x86_hyper also depend on CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST - this solves the
whole deal trivially.
I'll respin the patches.
... provided, of course, nothing out-of-tree
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 07:32:13PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:12:51AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
Hi Borislav,
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 06:59:37PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
From: Borislav Petkov b...@suse.de
Put all config options needed to run
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:42:32AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
No, not really as EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() in no way implies that the code
using it lives in the mainline.
I didn't say that - I said any code (proprietary included) can link to
those symbols meaning that I cannot possibly convert
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