Re: [Xen-devel][PATCH 1/3] xen: Introduce shared buffer helpers for page directory...

Oleksandr Andrushchenko
2018-11-30T07:07:35Z

On 11/30/18 8:50 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 29/11/2018 12:22, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
>> ping
>>
>> On 11/22/18 12:02 PM, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
>>> From: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@epam.com>
>>>
>>> based frontends. Currently the frontends which implement
>>> similar code for sharing big buffers between frontend and
>>> backend are para-virtualized DRM and sound drivers.
>>> Both define the same way to share grant references of a
>>> data buffer with the corresponding backend with little
>>> differences.
>>>
>>> Move shared code into a helper module, so there is a single
>>> implementation of the same functionality for all.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@epam.com>
> In general I'm fine with this approach.
>
> With the concerns raised for one of the other patches I wanted to wait
> for V2 of the series.
Ah, I waited for any comments before rolling v2 out ;)
> Or won't the resulting change require a
> modification of this patch?

This patch won't change, it is only DRM related

The concern for the DRM patch is already resolved

and the corresponding patch is on review now [1]

>
> It would be nice if you could point out in the commit message whether
> you are doing code movement (with some renames) only, or if there are
> any functional changes involved (and which ones).
Sure, this is pure code movement, no functional changes
> This would make the
> review much easier and less time consuming.
>
>
> Juergen

Thank you,

Oleksandr

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/11/27/811