linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/6] Revert "xen: Introduce 'xen_nopv' to disable PV extensions for HVM guests."

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Date:   Sun, 23 Jun 2019 21:01:41 +0800
From:   Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org, bp@...en8.de, hpa@...or.com,
        boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, jgross@...e.com,
        sstabellini@...nel.org, Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Revert "xen: Introduce 'xen_nopv' to disable PV extensions for HVM guests."

This reverts commit 8d693b911bb9c57009c24cb1772d205b84c7985c.

Instead we use an unified parameter 'nopv' for all the hypervisor
platforms.

Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>
Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  4 ----
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c                    | 12 +-----------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index b352f36..ebb75c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5251,10 +5251,6 @@
 			Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
 			optimizations.
 
-	xen_nopv	[X86]
-			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
-			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
-
 	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
 			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
 			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
index ac4943c..7fcb4ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
@@ -210,18 +210,8 @@ static void __init xen_hvm_guest_init(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-static bool xen_nopv;
-static __init int xen_parse_nopv(char *arg)
-{
-       xen_nopv = true;
-       return 0;
-}
-early_param("xen_nopv", xen_parse_nopv);
-
 bool __init xen_hvm_need_lapic(void)
 {
-	if (xen_nopv)
-		return false;
 	if (xen_pv_domain())
 		return false;
 	if (!xen_hvm_domain())
@@ -233,7 +223,7 @@ bool __init xen_hvm_need_lapic(void)
 
 static uint32_t __init xen_platform_hvm(void)
 {
-	if (xen_pv_domain() || xen_nopv)
+	if (xen_pv_domain())
 		return 0;
 
 	return xen_cpuid_base();
-- 
1.8.3.1