Re: [PATCH v3] drivers/virtio: Enable virtio mem for ARM64

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On 04.02.22 14:24, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 09:35:05AM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 19.01.22 08:46, Gavin Shan wrote:
>>> Hi Michael,
>>>
>>> On 1/19/22 3:39 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 09:05:51AM +0800, Gavin Shan wrote:
>>>>> This enables virtio-mem device support by allowing to enable the
>>>>> corresponding kernel config option (CONFIG_VIRTIO_MEM) on the
>>>>> architecture.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Acked-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> v3: Pick ack-by tags from Jonathan and Michael
>>>>> ---
>>>>>   drivers/virtio/Kconfig | 7 ++++---
>>>>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
>>>>> index 34f80b7a8a64..74c8b0c7bc33 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
>>>>> @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ config VIRTIO_BALLOON
>>>>>   config VIRTIO_MEM
>>>>>   	tristate "Virtio mem driver"
>>>>>   	default m
>>>>> -	depends on X86_64
>>>>> +	depends on X86_64 || ARM64
>>>>>   	depends on VIRTIO
>>>>>   	depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
>>>>>   	depends on MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
>>>>> @@ -116,8 +116,9 @@ config VIRTIO_MEM
>>>>>   	 This driver provides access to virtio-mem paravirtualized memory
>>>>>   	 devices, allowing to hotplug and hotunplug memory.
>>>>>   
>>>>> -	 This driver was only tested under x86-64, but should theoretically
>>>>> -	 work on all architectures that support memory hotplug and hotremove.
>>>>> +	 This driver was only tested under x86-64 and arm64, but should
>>>>> +	 theoretically work on all architectures that support memory hotplug
>>>>> +	 and hotremove.
>>>>>   
>>>>
>>>> BTW isn't there a symbol saying "memory hotplug" that we can depend on?
>>>>
>>
>> You mean
>>
>>  	depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
>>  	depends on MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
>>
>> We still need a manual opt-in from architectures, because devil's in the
>> detail. (e.g., memblock stuff we had to adjust)
> 
> Is there any chance of documenting some of this here? The current comment makes it
> look like it's just a question of whitelisting an architecture.

I can send a patch to add more details.

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb

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