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[Xen-devel] Re: [patch 03/26] Xen-paravirt_ops: use paravirt_nop to	cons 
| To: | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> |  
| Subject: | [Xen-devel] Re: [patch 03/26] Xen-paravirt_ops: use paravirt_nop to	consistently mark no-op operations |  
| From: | Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |  
| Date: | Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:49:04 -0700 |  
| Cc: | Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,	Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx>, Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,	virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>,	Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |  
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| * Jeremy Fitzhardinge (jeremy@xxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > but only as a cleanup of the current open-coded (void *) casts. My 
> > problem with this is that it loses the types. Not that there is much to 
> > check for, but still, this adds some assumptions about how function 
> > calls look like.
> 
> I agree.  I don't generally like this kind of hack, but having a single
> test for "func == paravirt_nop" to look for nop pv_ops in the patcher is
> what tipped the balance.
how about __paravirt_nop_start < func < __paravirt_nop_end  and preserve
the types?
thanks,
-chris
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