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From: Vincent Hanquez <vincent.hanquez@eu.citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/11] libxl: Per-domain data storage for
	the	convenience of the library user
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:41:09 +0000
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On 26/03/10 10:34, Ian Jackson wrote:
> xl is a caller of libxl and is intended as the replacement for
> xm/xend.  You may have noticed that this was part of the point of
> libxl ?

Do whatever suit you in xl, not in libxl.

libxl is a generic low level operation layer for toolstacks to use, the 
change your are proposing are making it harder|impossible to have one 
day XCP running on top of libxl.

XCP doesn't need a "locking" mechanism that use the name in xenstore for 
migration.

-- 
Vincent