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[Xen-devel] Re: [patch 10/21] Xen-paravirt: Name: dont export paravirt_o
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Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx> |
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[Xen-devel] Re: [patch 10/21] Xen-paravirt: Name: dont export paravirt_ops structure, do individual functions |
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Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> |
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Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:16:12 -0800 |
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Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx> |
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Zachary Amsden wrote:
> This turned out really hideous looking to me. Can't we split the
> struct into GPL'd and non-GPL'd functions instead? We still have the
> same granularity, and none of this function call to an indirect
> function call nonsense.
It's not pretty, but I think having paravirt_ops and paravirt_ops_gpl
would be worse. I'd be sympathetic to the idea of splitting
paravirt_ops up by function groupings, but splitting it by license seems
like a maintenance headache with no real upside. Besides, patching will
solve everything (tm).
J
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- [Xen-devel] Re: [patch 10/21] Xen-paravirt: Name: dont export paravirt_ops structure, do individual functions, Jeremy Fitzhardinge
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- [Xen-devel] Re: [patch 10/21] Xen-paravirt: Name: dont export paravirt_ops structure, do individual functions, Jeremy Fitzhardinge
[Xen-devel] Re: [patch 10/21] Xen-paravirt: Name: dont export paravirt_ops structure, do individual functions, Rusty Russell
[Xen-devel] Re: [patch 10/21] Xen-paravirt: Name: dont export paravirt_ops structure, do individual functions, Christoph Hellwig
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