[PATCH 4/6] Revert "xen: Introduce 'xen_nopv' to disable PV extensions for HVM guests."

From: Zhenzhong Duan
Date: Mon Jun 24 2019 - 08:58:48 EST


This reverts commit 8d693b911bb9c57009c24cb1772d205b84c7985c.

Instead we use an unified parameter 'nopv' for all the hypervisor
platforms.

Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ----
arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c | 12 +-----------
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index b352f36..ebb75c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5251,10 +5251,6 @@
Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
optimizations.

- xen_nopv [X86]
- Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
- run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
-
xen_scrub_pages= [XEN]
Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
index ac4943c..7fcb4ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
@@ -210,18 +210,8 @@ static void __init xen_hvm_guest_init(void)
#endif
}

-static bool xen_nopv;
-static __init int xen_parse_nopv(char *arg)
-{
- xen_nopv = true;
- return 0;
-}
-early_param("xen_nopv", xen_parse_nopv);
-
bool __init xen_hvm_need_lapic(void)
{
- if (xen_nopv)
- return false;
if (xen_pv_domain())
return false;
if (!xen_hvm_domain())
@@ -233,7 +223,7 @@ bool __init xen_hvm_need_lapic(void)

static uint32_t __init xen_platform_hvm(void)
{
- if (xen_pv_domain() || xen_nopv)
+ if (xen_pv_domain())
return 0;

return xen_cpuid_base();
--
1.8.3.1