Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Patch 0/3] Refining Xsave/Xrestore support - Version 3

[Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>]

On 04/11/2010 07:21, "Haitao Shan" <maillists.shan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> OK. I did not realize this was a stable tree. Originally, I thought it
> was a testing tree, which was used for periodic 4.0 update releases.

That is what it is, but it's expected to only have stable patches backported
to it in the first place.

> And by default, xsave is not enabled.

Ah I didn't notice that. This is currently the case even in xen-unstable
too?

> I would agree with you. It is more meaningful when this feature gets
> more tests before doing a backport.

Yes, I think so.

 -- Keir

> Thanks!
> 
> Shan Haitao
> 
> 2010/11/4 Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>:
>> On 04/11/2010 01:37, "Haitao Shan" <maillists.shan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi, Keir,
>>> 
>>> Can you pull the 4 xsave-related patches to Xen4.0 tree?
>> 
>> Are they really suitable for immediate backport to a stable branch?
>> 
>>  --Keir
>> 
>>> I have tried. Applying the patches is quite straight forward. Patch 4
>>> needs some minor modifications since there are some general function
>>> changes recently in unstable tree (while these are not in Xen4.0). I
>>> have made this for you.
>>> All patches are Signed-off-by: Haitao Shan <haitao.shan@xxxxxxxxx> and
>>> Han Weidong <weidong.han@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> 
>>> Shan Haitao
>>> 
>>> 2010/11/2 Haitao Shan <maillists.shan@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> Hi, Keir,
>>>> 
>>>> The following patches refines Xen support for CPU Xsave/Xrestore
>>>> support. There are three patches included.
>>>> Patch 1/3:
>>>>  Adding Xsave/Xrestore support for PV guests. Feature is exposed
>>>> via CPUID. XSETBV is trapped and emulated by Xen (via GP#).
>>>> Patch 2/3:
>>>>  Expose AVX to guest OSs.
>>>> Patch 3/3:
>>>>  Adding guest save/restore support when Xsave/Xrestore are available.
>>>>      Adding a pair of hypercalls for PV guest
>>>>      Adding a new data chunk for HVM guest.
>>>> 
>>>> These are version 3 of the patch series.
>>>> 
>>>> Shan Haitao
>>>> 
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