Jan Beulich writes ("Re: [PATCH 4/4] xen/public: arm: rework the macro set_xen_guest_handle_raw"): > On 04.11.15 at 17:50, <ian.jack...@eu.citrix.com> wrote: > > If we don't provide a get_xen_guest_handle, a kernel developer will be > > sorely tempted to make one. > > What use would it be to them? Kernels only write handles, they > shouldn't have a need for reading them.
I foresee situations where a kernel might like to update a proposed hypercall argument structure in place, which might involve reading the handles. Ian. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel