Re: [V0 PATCH] pvh: Disable PSE feature for now

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Mon Jan 27 2014 - 22:46:51 EST


On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 06:18:39PM -0800, Mukesh Rathor wrote:
> Until now, xen did not expose PSE to pvh guest, but a patch was submitted
> to xen list to enable bunch of features for a pvh guest. PSE has not been

Which 'patch'?

> looked into for PVH, so until we can do that and test it to make sure it
> works, disable the feature to avoid flood of bugs.

I think we want a flood of bugs, no?
>
> Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 5 +++++
> 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> index a4d7b64..4e952046 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> @@ -1497,6 +1497,11 @@ static void __init xen_pvh_early_guest_init(void)
> xen_have_vector_callback = 1;
> xen_pvh_set_cr_flags(0);
>
> + /* pvh guests are not quite ready for large pages yet */
> + setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PSE);
> + setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PSE36);
> +
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> BUG(); /* PVH: Implement proper support. */
> #endif
> --
> 1.7.2.3
>
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