linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/xen: remove deprecated xen

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Message-ID: <cffb2a74-6f1d-4178-9f3d-e5e92442b03b@oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:35:39 -0400
From: boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
To: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/xen: remove deprecated xen_nopvspin boot parameter


On 7/10/24 7:01 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> The xen_nopvspin boot parameter is deprecated since 2019. nopvspin
> can be used instead.
>
> Remove the xen_nopvspin boot parameter and replace the xen_pvspin
> variable use cases with nopvspin.
>
> This requires to move the nopvspin variable out of the .initdata
> section, as it needs to be accessed for cpuhotplug, too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>