[PATCH] xen: issue deprecation warning for 32-bit pv guest

From: Juergen Gross
Date: Fri Oct 25 2019 - 04:04:08 EST


Support for the kernel as Xen 32-bit PV guest will soon be removed.
Issue a warning when booted as such.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
index 58f79ab32358..5bfea374a160 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ static void __init xen_banner(void)
printk(KERN_INFO "Xen version: %d.%d%s%s\n",
version >> 16, version & 0xffff, extra.extraversion,
xen_feature(XENFEAT_mmu_pt_update_preserve_ad) ? " (preserve-AD)" : "");
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+ pr_warn("WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!\n"
+ "Support for running as 32-bit PV-guest under Xen will soon be removed\n"
+ "from the Linux kernel!\n"
+ "Please use either a 64-bit kernel or switch to HVM or PVH mode!\n"
+ "WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!\n");
+#endif
}

static void __init xen_pv_init_platform(void)
--
2.16.4