Re: [PATCH 5/5] hvm_complete_assist_req: Tell caller we failed to send

[Don Slutz <dslutz@verizon.com>]

On 01/30/15 05:24, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 30.01.15 at 01:52, <dslutz@verizon.com> wrote:
>> --- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c
>> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c
>> @@ -2599,7 +2599,7 @@ static bool_t hvm_complete_assist_req(ioreq_t *p)
>>          break;
>>      }
>>  
>> -    return 1;
>> +    return 0; /* implicitly bins the i/o operation */
>>  }
> 
> This change points out that having hvm_complete_assist_req() be a
> separate function yet having only a single caller, and it returning
> non-void with only a single possible return value isn't the best
> arrangement. I think this should be brought back into
> hvm_send_assist_req(), by inverting the if() condition there. Unless
> there are intentions for it to have another caller, but in that case
> it should still be made return void, with the caller choosing what to
> return.
> 

Sounds good to me will do.
   -Don Slutz

> Jan
>