linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 3/4] xen: Map "xen_nopv" parameter to "nopv" and mark it obsolete

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Message-Id: <1562116778-5846-4-git-send-email-zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>
Date:   Wed,  3 Jul 2019 09:19:37 +0800
From:   Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
        jgross@...e.com, sstabellini@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 3/4] xen: Map "xen_nopv" parameter to "nopv" and mark it obsolete

Clean up unnecessory code after that operation.

Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  2 ++
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c                    | 12 ++++++------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 21e08af..8ab34a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5254,6 +5254,8 @@
 	xen_nopv	[X86]
 			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
 			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
+			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
+			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
 
 	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
 			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
index ac4943c..1756cf7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
@@ -210,18 +210,18 @@ 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;
+	pr_notice("\"xen_nopv\" is deprecated, please use \"nopv\" instead\n");
+
+	if (xen_cpuid_base())
+		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 +233,7 @@ 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