Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 for Xen 4.6 0/6] Several PSR fixes in libxl

2015-09-29 Thread Chao Peng
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:30:53AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Tue, 2015-09-29 at 10:33 +0100, Wei Liu wrote: > > Now the reasoning bits. Yes, I'm arguing with myself, :-) > > > > We can of course fix it post-4.6, but the released APIs need to be > > maintained forever (even if it is in fact b

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 for Xen 4.6 0/6] Several PSR fixes in libxl

2015-09-29 Thread Ian Campbell
On Tue, 2015-09-29 at 10:33 +0100, Wei Liu wrote: > Now the reasoning bits. Yes, I'm arguing with myself, :-) > > We can of course fix it post-4.6, but the released APIs need to be > maintained forever (even if it is in fact broken). That would definitely > involve lots of compatibility cruft if w

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 for Xen 4.6 0/6] Several PSR fixes in libxl

2015-09-29 Thread Wei Liu
Now the reasoning bits. Yes, I'm arguing with myself, :-) We can of course fix it post-4.6, but the released APIs need to be maintained forever (even if it is in fact broken). That would definitely involve lots of compatibility cruft if we fix it post 4.6. This patch series is simple enough to r

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 for Xen 4.6 0/6] Several PSR fixes in libxl

2015-09-29 Thread Chao Peng
The patch series basically contain several PSR related fixes in libxl. patch1-3: fix the socket display error in certain hotplug case. patch4: fix a minor range check. patch5: improve the PSR document. patch6: improve xl man page. Detailed problem and fix please see commit message. Change h