linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] xen/x86: adjust data placement

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Message-ID: <adadbd76-c42e-d0f4-62ee-51f5fbfa7cb4@suse.com>
Date:   Thu, 30 Sep 2021 14:45:49 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc:     Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>,
        "xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] xen/x86: adjust data placement

On 30.09.21 14:21, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Both xen_pvh and xen_start_flags get written just once early during
> init. Using the respective annotation then allows the open-coded placing
> in .data to go away.
> 
> Additionally the former, like the latter, wants exporting, or else
> xen_pvh_domain() can't be used from modules.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>

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


Juergen

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