linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] xen-pciback: prepare for the split for stub and PV

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Date:   Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:17:59 +0200
From:   Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc:     boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, julien@....org, sstabellini@...nel.org,
        Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@...m.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Oleksandr Andrushchenko <andr2000@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] xen-pciback: prepare for the split for stub and PV

On 23.09.2021 13:12, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 23.09.21 13:10, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 23.09.2021 11:53, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
>>> --- a/drivers/xen/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/drivers/xen/Kconfig
>>> @@ -180,10 +180,34 @@ config SWIOTLB_XEN
>>>   	select DMA_OPS
>>>   	select SWIOTLB
>>>   
>>> +config XEN_PCI_STUB
>>> +	bool
>>> +
>>> +config XEN_PCIDEV_STUB
>>> +	tristate "Xen PCI-device stub driver"
>>> +	depends on PCI && !X86 && XEN
>>> +	depends on XEN_BACKEND
>>> +	select XEN_PCI_STUB
>>> +	default m
>>> +	help
>>> +	  The PCI device stub driver provides limited version of the PCI
>>> +	  device backend driver without para-virtualized support for guests.
>>> +	  If you select this to be a module, you will need to make sure no
>>> +	  other driver has bound to the device(s) you want to make visible to
>>> +	  other guests.
>>> +
>>> +	  The "hide" parameter (only applicable if backend driver is compiled
>>> +	  into the kernel) allows you to bind the PCI devices to this module
>>> +	  from the default device drivers. The argument is the list of PCI BDFs:
>>> +	  xen-pciback.hide=(03:00.0)(04:00.0)
>>> +
>>> +	  If in doubt, say m.
>>> +
>>>   config XEN_PCIDEV_BACKEND
>>>   	tristate "Xen PCI-device backend driver"
>>>   	depends on PCI && X86 && XEN
>>>   	depends on XEN_BACKEND
>>> +	select XEN_PCI_STUB
>>
>> Does kconfig not at least warn about this? The selected item has a
>> "depends on !X88" conflicting with the "depends on X86" here.
> 
> XEN_PCI_STUB != XEN_PCIDEV_STUB

Oh, sorry.

Jan