Re: [PATCH v8 0/9] remove libxenctrl usage from xenstored

[Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>]

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Ping? Especially ...

On 04.02.25 12:33, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Xenstored is using libxenctrl for only one purpose: to get information
> about state of domains.
> 
> This patch series is removing that dependency by introducing a new
> stable interface which can be used by xenstored instead.
> 
> There was a RFC series sent out 3 years ago, which I have taken as a
> base and by addressing all comments from back then.
> 
> The main differences since that RFC series are:
> 
> - Instead of introducing an new main hypercall for a stable management
>    interface I have just added a new domctl sub-op, as requested in 2021.
> 
> - I have added a new library libxenmanage for easy use of the new
>    stable hypervisor interface. Main motivation for adding the library
>    was the recent attempt to decouple oxenstored from the Xen git tree.
>    By using the new library, oxenstored could benefit in the same way as
>    xenstored from the new interface: it would be possible to rely on
>    stable libraries only.
> 
> - Mini-OS has gained some more config options recently, so it was rather
>    easy to make xenstore[pvh]-stubdom independent from libxenctrl, too.
> 
> Please note that the last 4 patches can be committed only after the
> related Mini-OS patch "config: add support for libxenmanage" has gone in
> AND the Mini-OS commit-id has been updated in Config.mk accordingly! The
> Mini-OS patch has been Acked already, so it can go in as soon as patch
> 5 of this series (the one introducing libxenmanage) has been committed.
> 
> As patches 1 and 2 change current behavior, Jan didn't want to give his
> Ack (he didn't reject the patch either). So I'm asking other "Rest"
> maintainers to look at those patches specifically.

... patches 1 and 2 could need an additional opinion.


Juergen

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