On Wed, 8 Jan 2025, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 08.01.2025 00:30, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > On Tue, 7 Jan 2025, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >> On 06.01.2025 22:36, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> >>> xen: update pvcalls_front_accept prototype
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <[email protected]>
> >>> ---
> >>>
> >>> Changes in v2:
> >>> - also update pvcalls-front.c
> >>
> >> The patch still gives the impression of being incomplete: There's no
> >> caller of the function that you update. However, there's no such caller
> >> in the first place. Why don't you just delete the function then?
> > 
> > It is meant to be called from an out-of-tree module, which has not been
> > upstreamed yet
> 
> And which then would require an EXPORT_SYMBOL() anyway. In Xen, as you're
> well aware, such unreachable code would actually constitute a Misra
> violation.
> 
> Without any in-tree caller, imo the change needs a non-empty description,
> clarifying why the adjustment is wanted / needed.

How about:

---
xen: update pvcalls_front_accept prototype

While currently there are no in-tree callers of these functions, it is
best to keep them up-to-date with the latest network API.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <[email protected]>

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