linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH linux v2] xen: change the type of xen_vcpu_id to uint32

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Date:	Tue, 2 Aug 2016 09:08:28 +0200
From:	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
	Julien Grall <julien.grall@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux v2] xen: change the type of xen_vcpu_id to uint32_t

On 29/07/16 11:06, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> We pass xen_vcpu_id mapping information to hypercalls which require
> uint32_t type so it would be cleaner to have it as uint32_t. The
> initializer to -1 can be dropped as we always do the mapping before using
> it and we never check the 'not set' value anyway.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Thanks,

Juergen