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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0 of 2 V5] libxc: checkpoint compression

rshriram@xxxxxxxxx writes ("[PATCH 0 of 2 V5] libxc: checkpoint compression"):
> This patch series adds checkpoint compression functionality, while
> running under Remus.
...
> Changes since last version:
> 1. use posix_memalign only on linux platforms and switch to normal malloc for
>    the rest. stubdom compiles successfully.

Looking at this in more detail, I don't understand why you're using
posix_memalign rather than just malloc, anyway.  If it's necessary to
use posix_memalign on Linux, why is it OK to use malloc on other
platforms ?

Also this #ifdef is quite ugly.

Ian.

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