Re: [Xen-devel][PATCH v2 1/3] xen: Introduce shared buffer helpers for page directory...

From: Boris Ostrovsky
Date: Tue Dec 04 2018 - 19:52:59 EST


On 11/30/18 2:42 AM, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
> From: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@xxxxxxxx>
>
> based frontends. Currently the frontends which implement
> similar code for sharing big buffers between frontend and
> backend are para-virtualized DRM and sound drivers.
> Both define the same way to share grant references of a
> data buffer with the corresponding backend with little
> differences.
>
> Move shared code into a helper module, so there is a single
> implementation of the same functionality for all.
>
> This patch introduces code which is used by sound and display
> frontend drivers without functional changes with the intention
> to remove shared code from the corresponding drivers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>