[PATCH] xen/privcmd: make option visible in Kconfig

From: Juergen Gross
Date: Tue Nov 16 2021 - 09:33:47 EST


This configuration option provides a misc device as an API to userspace.
Make this API usable without having to select the module as a transitive
dependency.

This also fixes an issue where localyesconfig would select
CONFIG_XEN_PRIVCMD=m because it was not visible and defaulted to
building as module.

Based-on-patch-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/xen/Kconfig | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/Kconfig b/drivers/xen/Kconfig
index a1b11c62da9e..a2e91d3ca372 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/xen/Kconfig
@@ -259,9 +259,14 @@ config XEN_SCSI_BACKEND
if guests need generic access to SCSI devices.

config XEN_PRIVCMD
- tristate
+ tristate "Xen hypercall passthrough driver"
depends on XEN
default m
+ help
+ The hypercall passthrough driver allows user land programs to perform
+ Xen hypercalls. This driver is normally required for systems running
+ as Dom0 to perform privileged operations, but in some disaggregated
+ Xen setups this driver might be needed for other domains, too.

config XEN_ACPI_PROCESSOR
tristate "Xen ACPI processor"
--
2.26.2