Re: [PATCH] XML-RPC: Cope with large integers on x86-64 systems

[Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>]

Keir Fraser wrote:
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> On 28 Mar 2006, at 03:29, Anthony Liguori wrote:
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>> Attached patch fixes a problem in marshaling large integers.  It 
>> seems to only occur on systems with very large memory.  However, on 
>> those systems, it's a show-stopper.  I see this as a temporary 
>> solution until we can sanitize the XML-RPC functions and get rid of 
>> all the S-Expression stuff.
>
> I thought the main reason to push the XML-RPC stuff before 3.0.2 was 
> to give a measure of stability to that interface, and provide a more 
> supportable interface for vendors to lock onto? That reasoning doesn't 
> really hold if the core of the interface needs more refactoring and 
> cleaning up post 3.0.2.

The approach for the XML-RPC work was to first get XML-RPC support into 
the tree and then build a standard interface.  Building a standard 
interface requires refactoring (which will be simplification) to get rid 
of things like S-Expression configs.  To get rid of that, we have to get 
rid of the S-Expression/HTTP layer.

This whole reasoning is outlined on the wiki page.

http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Xend/XML-RPC

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

>  -- Keir
>