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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] linux: simplify and perform checking of multical

To: "Keir Fraser" <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] linux: simplify and perform checking of multicall status
From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:00:02 +0100
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>>> Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 05.04.07 10:29 >>>
>On 26/3/07 15:54, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> +static inline int
>> +HYPERVISOR_multicall_check(
>> + multicall_entry_t *call_list, int nr_calls,
>> + const unsigned long *rc_list)
>> +{
>> + int rc = HYPERVISOR_multicall(call_list, nr_calls);
>> +
>> + if (unlikely(rc == 0))
>> +  return rc;
>
>ITYM unlikely(rc != 0)?

Huh, indeed. And perhaps it should (give the rest of the function) even
be

        if (unlikely(rc < 0))
                return rc;
        BUG_ON(rc);

(i.e. so that positive return values indicate the failed slot, negative ones
indicate a failure of the multicall itself).

Jan

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