Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/9] monitor: Don't call vm_event_fill_regs from common

[Tamas K Lengyel <tamas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 3:48 AM, Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Tamas,
>
> On 04/05/16 15:51, Tamas K Lengyel wrote:
>>
>> The prototype of vm_event_fill_regs will differ on x86 and ARM so in this
>> patch
>> we move components from common to arch-specific that use this function. As
>> part of this patch we rename and relocate vm_event_monitor_guest_request
>> as
>> monitor_guest_request from vm_event to monitor.
>
>
> Would not it be possible to find a common prototype between ARM and x86?
>
> From patch #4, the ARM prototype is:
>
> void vm_event_fill_regs(vm_event_request_t *req,
>                         const struct cpu_user_regs *regs,
>                         struct domain *d)
>
> and the x86 one is
>
> void vm_event_fill_regs(vm_event_request_t *req);
>
> The parameter "regs" will always be equal to guest_cpu_user_regs(). And the
> domain will always be current->domain.
>
> So, IHMO, there is no need to differ between ARM and x86. This would also
> keep the code simple.
>

Yeap, you are right, I'll get rid of this patch.

Thanks,
Tamas

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