linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 0/4] xen: prefer xenbus_scanf() over xenbus

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Date:	Fri, 8 Jul 2016 10:17:37 -0400
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
Cc:	david.vrabel@...rix.com, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
	Juergen Gross <JGross@...e.com>,
	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 0/4] xen: prefer xenbus_scanf() over
 xenbus_gather()

On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 06:21:52AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote:
> For single items being collected this should be preferred as being more
> typesafe (as the compiler can check format string and to-be-written-to
> variable match) and more efficient (requiring one less parameter to be
> passed).
> 
> 1: xenbus: prefer xenbus_scanf() over xenbus_gather()
> 2: xen-blkback: prefer xenbus_scanf() over xenbus_gather()
> 3: xen-blkfront: prefer xenbus_scanf() over xenbus_gather()
> 4: xen-netback: prefer xenbus_scanf() over xenbus_gather()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>
> ---
> v2: Avoid commit messages to continue from subjects. Group into a series.

To confuse this, Roger and I are the block sub-maintainers, which
when we are happy, I send to Jens, while the rest go through Boris,David, and Juergen.

Anyhow, I've already committed and tested for regressions these:
79ef83a xen-blkback: constify instance of "struct attribute_group"
5e4d659 xen-blkfront: prefer xenbus_scanf() over xenbus_gather()
e9d1ebe xen-blkback: prefer xenbus_scanf() over xenbus_gather()
5b3b1db xen-blkback: really don't leak mode property

And plan to send them to Jens. They will shortly be at my git tree
under 'stable/for-jens-4.8'.


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