Re: [PATCH v2] xen: update pvcalls_front_accept prototype
From: Jan Beulich
Date: Fri Jan 10 2025 - 02:28:42 EST
On 10.01.2025 01:10, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jan 2025, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 08.01.2025 00:30, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
>>> On Tue, 7 Jan 2025, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 06.01.2025 22:36, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
>>>>> xen: update pvcalls_front_accept prototype
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>> Changes in v2:
>>>>> - also update pvcalls-front.c
>>>>
>>>> The patch still gives the impression of being incomplete: There's no
>>>> caller of the function that you update. However, there's no such caller
>>>> in the first place. Why don't you just delete the function then?
>>>
>>> It is meant to be called from an out-of-tree module, which has not been
>>> upstreamed yet
>>
>> And which then would require an EXPORT_SYMBOL() anyway. In Xen, as you're
>> well aware, such unreachable code would actually constitute a Misra
>> violation.
>>
>> Without any in-tree caller, imo the change needs a non-empty description,
>> clarifying why the adjustment is wanted / needed.
>
> How about:
>
> ---
> xen: update pvcalls_front_accept prototype
>
> While currently there are no in-tree callers of these functions, it is
> best to keep them up-to-date with the latest network API.
SGTM, fwiw.
Jan