On 02.07.2020 09:34, Paul Durrant wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jan Beulich <[email protected]> >> Sent: 01 July 2020 11:23 >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Andrew Cooper <[email protected]>; George Dunlap >> <[email protected]>; Ian >> Jackson <[email protected]>; Julien Grall <[email protected]>; Wei Liu >> <[email protected]>; Stefano >> Stabellini <[email protected]>; Roger Pau Monné <[email protected]>; >> Paul Durrant >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: [PATCH v2 0/7] x86: compat header generation and checking >> adjustments >> >> As was pointed out by 0e2e54966af5 ("mm: fix public declaration of >> struct xen_mem_acquire_resource"), we're not currently handling structs >> correctly that have uint64_aligned_t fields. Patch 2 demonstrates that >> there was also an issue with XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_64(). >> >> Only the 1st patch was previously sent, but the approach chosen has >> been changed altogether. All later patches are new. For 4.14 I think >> at least patch 1 should be considered. > > It's now quite a large patch.
Most parts being entirely mechanical, though. But still ... > Since xen_mem_acquire_resouce() has been fixed, patch #1 (as you say > in the comment there) is addressing a latent issue and so I’d prefer > not to take what is now quite a large patch into 4.14. ... fair enough. Jan
