linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] xen/store: do not store local values in xen_start

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Message-ID: <ebfa8ef3-2009-1e7e-f5f1-c52a5b3f01eb@suse.com>
Date:   Fri, 11 May 2018 09:34:31 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@...rix.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] xen/store: do not store local values in
 xen_start_info

On 09/05/18 12:21, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> There's no need to store the xenstore page or event channel in
> xen_start_info if they are locally initialized.
> 
> This also fixes PVH local xenstore initialization due to the lack of
> xen_start_info in that case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>

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


Juergen