Re: Xen 4.5 development update

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>]

On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 12:43:46AM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 27/05/2014 19:06, konrad.wilk@oracle.com wrote:
> >
> > = Open =
> >
> > * Andrew Cooper  Prognosis:   100 %
> >     libx{c,l} error handling cleanup 
> 
> I certainly advocated this as a critical item which has rolled over from
> previous Xen releases (perhaps the biggest issue being raised during
> XSA-55 where several functions were identified as being unable to
> determine whether the call succeeded or failed, given the integer
> returned to the caller).  We can certainly discuss this at the
> hackathon, but given my other obligations (new migration first,
> XenServer second) I am probably not the best person to lead this,
> although I will certainly help where possible.

Let me move it to the unassigned part.
> 
> >     New migration.
> 
> This is certainly the main focus of work, and top priority as far as
> myself, David, and XenServer is concerned.
> 
> >     cpuid leveling
> 
> While this is certainly a key issue, it has been deprioritised behind
> new migration.  There is still a lot of work to do there, so I can't
> make any guarantees at this point as to when I can start it, let alone
> finish it, and where that will sit in the 4.5 timeframe.  Hopefully, but
> no certainty.


Lets keep it then, and just give you a 50% chance of getting both
items in Xen 4.5.

> 
> >
> > * Andrew Benniest  Prognosis:   100 %
> >     Netback multiqueue
> 
> Andrew left Citrix recently.  As far as I am aware, the patches are all
> acked and ready to be merged.  Baring any complications, David is
> probably the best person to keep on top of them, should any further work
> be required.
> 
> (I realise I am nominating David for work without his explicit consent
> in this regard, but hope it will be accepted in principle)

I am sure he will be fine :-)

Thanks for the update!
> 
> ~Andrew
>