Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 23/28] xsplice: Stacking build-id dependency checking.

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 08.04.16 at 18:15, <ross.lagerwall@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 04/04/2016 09:01 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>> I was all for "old_code to check against" but that would incur quite a lot
>> of implementation. The 'stacking' (suggested by Martin) is much easier
>> to implement. I am hoping that in next major milestone the 'old code' 
>> checking
>> can be implemented such that the admin has the choice to use both.
> 
> I don't think checking old code provides any real safety though. What if 
> the function I'm replacing is unchanged (so it passes the old code 
> check) but it calls some other function whose behavior has changed?

That's identical to an entirely bad patch imo.

Jan


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