linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/paravirt: Fix build PARAVIRT_XXL=y without XEN

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Date:   Wed, 17 Nov 2021 21:42:25 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, Deep Shah <sdeep@...are.com>,
        "VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@...are.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/paravirt: Fix build PARAVIRT_XXL=y without XEN_PV

On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 07:35:01PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 09:14:39PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > TDX is going to use CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL
> 
> *AARGGHHH*. srlsy? We were trying to cut back on that insanity, not
> proliferate it.

It is a way to minimize amount of changes needed for getting TDX
functinal. We will remove the dependency later on.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov