[PATCH] powerpc: Make KVM_GUEST default to n

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[PATCH] powerpc: Make KVM_GUEST default to n

From: Anton Blanchard <hidden>
Date: 2011-08-05 03:23:58

KVM_GUEST adds a 1 MB array to the kernel (kvm_tmp) which grew
my kernel enough to cause it to fail to boot.

Dynamically allocating or reducing the size of this array is a
good idea, but in the meantime I think it makes sense to make
KVM_GUEST default to n in order to minimise surprises.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <redacted>
---

Index: linux-powerpc/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-powerpc.orig/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig	2011-08-01 17:33:46.120121554 +1000
+++ linux-powerpc/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig	2011-08-01 17:35:06.921772044 +1000
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ source "arch/powerpc/platforms/wsp/Kconf
 
 config KVM_GUEST
 	bool "KVM Guest support"
-	default y
+	default n
 	---help---
 	  This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM
 	  hypervisor. Overhead for the kernel when not running inside KVM should

Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Make KVM_GUEST default to n

From: Alexander Graf <hidden>
Date: 2011-08-09 11:59:06

On 08/05/2011 05:23 AM, Anton Blanchard wrote:
KVM_GUEST adds a 1 MB array to the kernel (kvm_tmp) which grew
my kernel enough to cause it to fail to boot.

Dynamically allocating or reducing the size of this array is a
good idea, but in the meantime I think it makes sense to make
KVM_GUEST default to n in order to minimise surprises.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard<redacted>
Hrm - the idea was that the code is so little intrusive that it could 
simply always be enabled. But yeah, maybe this should be default n.

Ben, could you please pull this into your ppc tree for now? I don't 
think I'll manage to clean up my tree and send out a pull request before 
KVM Forum.


Alex
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Index: linux-powerpc/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-powerpc.orig/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig	2011-08-01 17:33:46.120121554 +1000
+++ linux-powerpc/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig	2011-08-01 17:35:06.921772044 +1000
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ source "arch/powerpc/platforms/wsp/Kconf

  config KVM_GUEST
  	bool "KVM Guest support"
-	default y
+	default n
  	---help---
  	  This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM
  	  hypervisor. Overhead for the kernel when not running inside KVM should
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