[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH][XEN] remove include checks from domctl.h and sysctl.h

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/9/06 20:33, "Hollis Blanchard" <hollisb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> That's not going to be true for PowerPC and soon IA64.
>> 
>> Because of Xen's use of pointers for hypercall parameters, we need the
>> kernel to translate virtual addresses to physical addresses. That means
>> any time a new hypercall is introduced to the tools, our kernel needs to
>> change to translate the new data structure.
> 
> Therefore, the following patch is required. Please apply.
> 
> [XEN] remove include checks from domctl.h and sysctl.h
> Signed-off-by: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@xxxxxxxxxx>

No thanks: we really don't want inclusion of those header files to slip into
use in kernel builds. I suggest limiting your touching of domctl/sysctl to
one source file in Linux, and compile that file with -D__XEN_TOOLS__. This
will help ensure that you can at least limit the kernel tainting to
one (potentially upgradeable) module.

 -- Keir



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