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[Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 02/10] xen: backend driver core

To: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 02/10] xen: backend driver core
From: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:17:03 -0500
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Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
On 04/07/09 21:41, Anthony Liguori wrote:
+/* private */
+static TAILQ_HEAD(XenDeviceHead, XenDevice) xendevs =
TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(xendevs);
+static int debug = 0;

Would be better to have all of this in a structure that had a single
static instance. Would be even better if you could avoid requiring the
static instance.

Huh?  Point being?  This is just a list head, i.e. a pointer (or two?).
I meant the public stuff too. I don't like having extern variables all over the place.

It would be better to have this in a structure that was passed to all of the backend drivers that they then passed as a context. This will become more useful down the road too when we start introducing a common device model and finer grain locking.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

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