From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: George Dunlap Subject: Re: Xen 4.3 development update CODE FREEZE HAS_BEGUN Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:26:37 +0100 Message-ID: <51701EBD.1010902@eu.citrix.com> References: <5170081E.9050405@citrix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5170081E.9050405@citrix.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Roger Pau Monne Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xen.org" , Stefano Stabellini List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On 18/04/13 15:50, Roger Pau Monne wrote: > On 18/04/13 13:30, Stefano Stabellini wrote: >> On Tue, 16 Apr 2013, George Dunlap wrote: >>> * Rationalized backend scripts >>> owner: roger@citrix >>> status: libxl hotplug sumbmitted. Protocol still needs to be finalized. >>> prognosis: Good >> OK >> >>> * Scripts for driver domains (depends on backend scripts) >>> owner: roger@citrix >>> status: >>> prognosis: Fair >> Are there going to make 4.3? > Regarding "Rationalized backend scripts", or what I usually call new > libxl hotplug interface, I think it could make it to 4.3. Here is a > small list about the pros/cons of taking that from my POV: > > Cons: > - Touches generic device addition/removal code, and domain > creation/destruction. > > - It introduces a new interface that is well defined and that we plan > to support, we have to be sure the interface is right. > > > Pros: > - All the code touched is exercised every time a domain/device is > created/destroyed, so the test system should be able to detect any > problems with that easily. OK, why don't we check it in, and if it seems to be causing carnage we'll revert it. I'll reply to the series with an ack. -George