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

To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] 1/1 Better expose xenstore limits
From: Tim Post <echo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:54:51 +0800
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On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 22:23 +0100, Keir Fraser wrote:
> 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.

It is worth a mention... though it seems silly to send a patch that adds
comments. However, a patch that would convert the comments in xs to
doxygen format seems more useful, with the appropriate grouping, shorts,
etc.

How receptive would you be to that?

Cheers,
--Tim



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