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Message-ID: <20120801111937.4c9b3702@mantra.us.oracle.com>
Date:	Wed, 1 Aug 2012 11:19:37 -0700
From:	Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@...cle.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Cc:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	Ian.Campbell@...rix.com, tim@....org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linaro-dev@...ts.linaro.org,
	catalin.marinas@....com, arnd@...db.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/24] xen: update xen_add_to_physmap interface

On Wed, 1 Aug 2012 10:52:15 -0400
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 04:34:02PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > Update struct xen_add_to_physmap to be in sync with Xen's version
> > of the structure.
> > The size field was introduced by:
> > 
> > changeset:   24164:707d27fe03e7
> > user:        Jean Guyader <jean.guyader@...citrix.com>
> > date:        Fri Nov 18 13:42:08 2011 +0000
> > summary:     mm: New XENMEM space, XENMAPSPACE_gmfn_range
> > 
> > According to the comment:
> > 
> > "This new field .size is located in the 16 bits padding
> > between .domid and .space in struct xen_add_to_physmap to stay
> > compatible with older versions."
> > 
> > This is not true on ARM where there is not padding, but it is valid
> > on X86, so introducing size is safe on X86 and it is going to fix
> > the interace for ARM.
> 
> Has this been checked actually for backwards compatibility? It sounds
> like it should work just fine with Xen 4.0 right?
> 
> I believe this also helps Mukesh's patches, so CC-ing him here for
> his Ack.

Yup, I already had that change in my tree.

thanks,
Mukesh


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