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Pull virtio & lguest updates from Rusty Russell: "Lots of virtio work which wasn't quite ready for last merge window. Plus I dived into lguest again, reworking the pagetable code so we can move the switcher page: our fixmaps sometimes take more than 2MB now..." Ugh. Annoying conflicts with the tcm_vhost -> vhost_scsi rename. Hopefully correctly resolved. * tag 'virtio-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux: (57 commits) caif_virtio: Remove bouncing email addresses lguest: improve code readability in lg_cpu_start. virtio-net: fill only rx queues which are being used lguest: map Switcher below fixmap. lguest: cache last cpu we ran on. lguest: map Switcher text whenever we allocate a new pagetable. lguest: don't share Switcher PTE pages between guests. lguest: expost switcher_pages array (as lg_switcher_pages). lguest: extract shadow PTE walking / allocating. lguest: make check_gpte et. al return bool. lguest: assume Switcher text is a single page. lguest: rename switcher_page to switcher_pages. lguest: remove RESERVE_MEM constant. lguest: check vaddr not pgd for Switcher protection. lguest: prepare to make SWITCHER_ADDR a variable. virtio: console: replace EMFILE with EBUSY for already-open port virtio-scsi: reset virtqueue affinity when doing cpu hotplug virtio-scsi: introduce multiqueue support virtio-scsi: push vq lock/unlock into virtscsi_vq_done virtio-scsi: pass struct virtio_scsi to virtqueue completion function ...
Welcome, friend reader, to lguest. Lguest is an adventure, with you, the reader, as Hero. I can't think of many 5000-line projects which offer both such capability and glimpses of future potential; it is an exciting time to be delving into the source! But be warned; this is an arduous journey of several hours or more! And as we know, all true Heroes are driven by a Noble Goal. Thus I offer a Beer (or equivalent) to anyone I meet who has completed this documentation. So get comfortable and keep your wits about you (both quick and humorous). Along your way to the Noble Goal, you will also gain masterly insight into lguest, and hypervisors and x86 virtualization in general. Our Quest is in seven parts: (best read with C highlighting turned on) I) Preparation - In which our potential hero is flown quickly over the landscape for a taste of its scope. Suitable for the armchair coders and other such persons of faint constitution. II) Guest - Where we encounter the first tantalising wisps of code, and come to understand the details of the life of a Guest kernel. III) Drivers - Whereby the Guest finds its voice and become useful, and our understanding of the Guest is completed. IV) Launcher - Where we trace back to the creation of the Guest, and thus begin our understanding of the Host. V) Host - Where we master the Host code, through a long and tortuous journey. Indeed, it is here that our hero is tested in the Bit of Despair. VI) Switcher - Where our understanding of the intertwined nature of Guests and Hosts is completed. VII) Mastery - Where our fully fledged hero grapples with the Great Question: "What next?" make Preparation! Rusty Russell.