Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] xen: make available hvm_fep to non-debug build as well

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@suse.com>]

>>> On 20.06.16 at 11:09, <wei.liu2@citrix.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 08:45:39AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> >>> On 17.06.16 at 15:50, <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> wrote:
>> > On 17/06/16 12:05, Wei Liu wrote:
>> >> @@ -182,6 +183,28 @@ static int __init hvm_enable(void)
>> >>      if ( !opt_altp2m_enabled )
>> >>          hvm_funcs.altp2m_supported = 0;
>> >>  
>> >> +    if ( opt_hvm_fep )
>> >> +    {
>> >> +        unsigned int i, j;
>> >> +
>> >> +        printk("**********************************************\n");
>> >> +        printk("******* WARNING: HVM FORCED EMULATION PREFIX IS 
> AVAILABLE\n");
>> >> +        printk("******* This option is *ONLY* intended to aid testing of 
> Xen.\n");
>> >> +        printk("******* It has implications on the security of the 
> system.\n");
>> >> +        printk("******* Please *DO NOT* use this in production.\n");
>> >> +        printk("**********************************************\n");
>> >> +        for ( i = 0; i < 3; i++ )
>> >> +        {
>> >> +            printk("%u... ", 3 - i);
>> >> +            for ( j = 0; j < 100; j++ )
>> >> +            {
>> >> +                process_pending_softirqs();
>> >> +                mdelay(10);
>> >> +            }
>> >> +        }
>> > 
>> > I would drop this 3s wait, and I plan to drop it from sync_console as
>> > well.  It isn't of any practical use, even if you are watching the
>> > serial console on boot, and just leads to an unnecessary delay.  Worse,
>> > the two delays are cumulative.
>> 
>> I think the delay serves a purpose (for the messages to not scroll by
>> unnoticed), but I do appreciate that having two such delays is not
>> really desirable. Considering that I would also like these messages to
>> go into .init.rodata (also those for the sync_console warning), perhaps
>> worth a little bit of abstraction?
> 
> What is the plan here?

I didn't see a response from Andrew yet; I continue to think some
delay ought to be there.

> Should I keep or remove the delay? Do you want me to refactor things?

If you're up to some refactoring, that'd be appreciated.

Jan


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