Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC] xen-block: correctly define structuresin public headers

[Stefano Stabellini]

On Wed, 11 Dec 2013, Roger Pau Monnà wrote:
> On 11/12/13 17:18, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > On Tue, 3 Dec 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> >>>> If Konrad and Boris agree that breaking the kernel's ABI in this way is
> >>>> acceptable in this specific case, I'll defer to them.
> >>>
> >>> My opinion as Xen on ARM hypervisor maintainer is that this is the right
> >>> thing to do in this case.
> >>
> >> Heh. If somebody can guarantee me that (by testing the right variants and
> >> mentioning this in the git commit) that this does not break x86, then
> >> I am fine.
> >>
> >> And by 'break x86' I mean that this combination works:
> >>  32-bit domU on 64-bit dom0
> >>  64-bit domU on 32-bit dom0
> >>
> >> And perhaps also the obvious:
> >>  64-bit domU on 64-bit dom0
> >>  32-bit domU on 32-bit dom0
> >>
> >> Since the xen-blkback has its own version of the structs there is no
> >> need to change change newer and older version of it.
> >>
> >> As long as that works I am OK sticking it in.
> >>
> >> I think from the ARM perspective it is still in 'experimental' phase
> >> so anything goes to make it work under ARM.
> > 
> > 
> > Roger, can you please test this patch on x86 as suggested by Konrad and
> > confirm that it doesn't break anything?
> 
> This is not the right patch, the right one is the one posted by Julien:
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=138608528604584&w=2
> 

Right. In that case, Julien or Roger can you test that it doesn't break
any of the x86 configurations?