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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] 1/1 Better expose xenstore limits

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] 1/1 Better expose xenstore limits
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:23:01 +0100
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On 29/04/2009 19:18, "Tim Post" <echo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Someone using xs.h is going to be entirely unaware of said limits.
> Xenstore internals will relay an appropriate errno if the limits are
> exceeded, but I think many people will not know such limits exist.
> 
> Xenwire is used when developing drivers.. not user space applications.
> 
> Why not assert the limits in both at the cost of bothering the
> preprocessor three times?

Defining the same thing again but with a different name just for purposes of
documentation is pretty barking. I suppose it is perhaps worth a
documentation comment in xs.h, but no more than that.

 -- Keir



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