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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: make libxl_wait_for_device_model not racy

To: Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: make libxl_wait_for_device_model not racy
From: Vincent Hanquez <vincent.hanquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:36:11 +0100
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On 23/06/10 14:15, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
No, it was just refactoring.

Are you sure that both xenstore implementations always do that?
yes.

Is this a "feature" we can safely rely on?
yes. this feature has been here since xenstore has watches, for this exact purpose: not having to check before the watch fire that the values you're expecting is there already.

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Vincent

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