On Mon Feb 9, 2026 at 3:26 PM CET, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 09.02.2026 11:33, Alejandro Vallejo wrote: >> Wasn't following the tab+2 spaces convention throughout the rest of the file. >> >> Not a functional change. >> >> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Vallejo <[email protected]> > > Largely: > Acked-by: Jan Beulich <[email protected]>
Thanks. > >> --- a/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig >> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig >> @@ -148,20 +148,17 @@ config SHADOW_PAGING >> default !PV_SHIM_EXCLUSIVE >> depends on PV || HVM >> help >> + Shadow paging is a software alternative to hardware paging support >> + (Intel EPT, AMD NPT). >> >> - Shadow paging is a software alternative to hardware paging support >> - (Intel EPT, AMD NPT). >> + It is required for: >> + * Running HVM guests on hardware lacking hardware paging support >> + (First-generation Intel VT-x or AMD SVM). >> + * Live migration of PV guests. >> + * L1TF sidechannel mitigation for PV guests. >> >> - It is required for: >> - * Running HVM guests on hardware lacking hardware paging support >> - (First-generation Intel VT-x or AMD SVM). >> - * Live migration of PV guests. >> - * L1TF sidechannel mitigation for PV guests. >> - >> - Under a small number of specific workloads, shadow paging may be >> - deliberately used as a performance optimisation. >> - >> - If unsure, say Y. > > I'm trying to establish (among the committers) whether we're indeed meaning > to drop this sentence from Kconfig help texts that we touch. If I wouldn't > get conclusive feedback, I'd likely put it back in. > > Jan Sounds good to me either way. Cheers, Alejandro
