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authorJan Kiszka2017-11-27 09:11:46 +0100
committerThomas Gleixner2018-01-14 21:11:54 +0100
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x86/jailhouse: Add infrastructure for running in non-root cell
The Jailhouse hypervisor is able to statically partition a multicore system into multiple so-called cells. Linux is used as boot loader and continues to run in the root cell after Jailhouse is enabled. Linux can also run in non-root cells. Jailhouse does not emulate usual x86 devices. It also provides no complex ACPI but basic platform information that the boot loader forwards via setup data. This adds the infrastructure to detect when running in a non-root cell so that the platform can be configured as required in succeeding steps. Support is limited to x86-64 so far, primarily because no boot loader stub exists for i386 and, thus, we wouldn't be able to test the 32-bit path. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: jailhouse-dev@googlegroups.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/7f823d077b38b1a70c526b40b403f85688c137d3.1511770314.git.jan.kiszka@siemens.com
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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index ff4e9cd99854..fbea8d15fcfb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -796,6 +796,14 @@ config PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING
config PARAVIRT_CLOCK
bool
+config JAILHOUSE_GUEST
+ bool "Jailhouse non-root cell support"
+ depends on X86_64
+ ---help---
+ This option allows to run Linux as guest in a Jailhouse non-root
+ cell. You can leave this option disabled if you only want to start
+ Jailhouse and run Linux afterwards in the root cell.
+
endif #HYPERVISOR_GUEST
config NO_BOOTMEM