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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-09-08 20:46:48 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-09-08 20:46:48 +0200
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parentMerge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kerne... (diff)
parentxen: switch extra memory accounting to use pfns (diff)
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Merge tag 'for-linus-4.3-rc0-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip
Pull xen updates from David Vrabel: "Xen features and fixes for 4.3: - Convert xen-blkfront to the multiqueue API - [arm] Support binding event channels to different VCPUs. - [x86] Support > 512 GiB in a PV guests (off by default as such a guest cannot be migrated with the current toolstack). - [x86] PMU support for PV dom0 (limited support for using perf with Xen and other guests)" * tag 'for-linus-4.3-rc0-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip: (33 commits) xen: switch extra memory accounting to use pfns xen: limit memory to architectural maximum xen: avoid another early crash of memory limited dom0 xen: avoid early crash of memory limited dom0 arm/xen: Remove helpers which are PV specific xen/x86: Don't try to set PCE bit in CR4 xen/PMU: PMU emulation code xen/PMU: Intercept PMU-related MSR and APIC accesses xen/PMU: Describe vendor-specific PMU registers xen/PMU: Initialization code for Xen PMU xen/PMU: Sysfs interface for setting Xen PMU mode xen: xensyms support xen: remove no longer needed p2m.h xen: allow more than 512 GB of RAM for 64 bit pv-domains xen: move p2m list if conflicting with e820 map xen: add explicit memblock_reserve() calls for special pages mm: provide early_memremap_ro to establish read-only mapping xen: check for initrd conflicting with e820 map xen: check pre-allocated page tables for conflict with memory map xen: check for kernel memory conflicting with memory layout ...
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@@ -4106,6 +4106,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
x86_intel_mid_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
+ xen_512gb_limit [KNL,X86-64,XEN]
+ Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
+ to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
+ crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
+ save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
+ domains.
+
xen_emul_unplug= [HW,X86,XEN]
Unplug Xen emulated devices
Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]