xen: how does XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST work?

2013-03-22 Thread Paul Bolle
pile error when CONFIG_XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST is not set"). Do they perhaps fix problems in code not mainlined? Paul Bolle ___ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization

Re: xen: how does XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST work?

2013-03-23 Thread Paul Bolle
On Sat, 2013-03-23 at 09:22 -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:37:35PM +0100, Paul Bolle wrote: > > 1) Its Kconfig entry is preceded with this comment: > > # Dummy symbol since people have come to rely on the PRIVILEGED_GUEST > > # name in

[PATCH 0/8] do not export kernel integer types to userspace

2013-04-01 Thread Paul Bolle
This short series was triggered by a compile error I ran into when trying to build the lguest tool (see PATCH 1/8). After fixing that error I decided to attempt to solve all related problems. Paul Bolle (8): virtio_net: do not export "u16" to userspace headers_check: add check

[PATCH 3/8] virtio: do not export "u16" and "u64" to userspace

2013-04-01 Thread Paul Bolle
virtio_balloon.h exports "u16" and "u64" to userspace. Use "__u16" and "__u64" instead. Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle --- 0) Tested with a kernel build. 1) Both types are used in this header for quite some time now. So is my patch flawed or doesn't users

[PATCH 7/8] virtio_console: do not export "u32" to userspace

2013-04-01 Thread Paul Bolle
virtio_console.h exports "u32" to userspace. Use "__u32" instead. Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle --- 0) Tested with a kernel build. 1) Again. I'm guessing userspace doesn't use VIRTIO_CONSOLE_BAD_ID. include/uapi/linux/virtio_console.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 ins

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: remove unused Kconfig parameter

2013-07-08 Thread Paul Bolle
ed, because grub2's check for it is actually superfluous. Paul Bolle ___ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: remove unused Kconfig parameter

2013-07-11 Thread Paul Bolle
s both evaluate to true or both evaluate to false. One of these two commands can safely be dropped. Another consequence is that dropping XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST doesn't break this configuration script. It will still behave as it does now. (Whether that script should grep fo

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: remove unused Kconfig parameter

2013-07-11 Thread Paul Bolle
On Thu, 2013-07-11 at 10:57 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 07/11/2013 03:08 AM, Paul Bolle wrote: > > But the Kconfig entry for XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST reads: > > # Dummy symbol since people have come to rely on the PRIVILEGED_GUEST > > # name in tools. > >

Re: [PATCH v4 03/25] virtio-pci: move freeze/restore to virtio core

2014-10-15 Thread Paul Bolle
tification (used to match it with a driver). > * @config: the configuration ops for this device. Paul Bolle ___ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization

Re: [PATCH] Add virtio gpu driver.

2015-03-24 Thread Paul Bolle
;t know (without further, well, research) which license this is. > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); But I'm pretty sure it's not GPL v2 or later. So I think the license mentioned in the comment at the top of this file and the license "ident" used in this macro do not match

[PATCH] xen/xenbus: silence GCC warning

2012-10-16 Thread Paul Bolle
igned-off-by: Paul Bolle --- 0) Triggered by compiling v3.7-rc1 using (basically) Fedora 17's current config. Compile tested only. 1) Obligatory reference: https://lwn.net/Articles/487493/ . drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git