Hi Julien,
Thanks for reviewing.
2018-02-06 19:27 GMT+08:00 Julien Grall <julien.gr...@arm.com>:
> Hi,
>
> On 01/30/2018 05:50 PM, Zhongze Liu wrote:
>>
>> Add a new structure to the IDL familiy to represent static shared memory
>> regions
[...]
>> +libxl_static_shm = Struct("static_shm", [
>> + ("id", string),
>> + ("offset", uint64, {'init_val': 'LIBXL_SSHM_RANGE_UNKNOWN'}),
>> + ("begin", uint64, {'init_val': 'LIBXL_SSHM_RANGE_UNKNOWN'}),
>> + ("end", uint64, {'init_val': 'LIBXL_SSHM_RANGE_UNKNOWN'}),
>
>
> We might want to store the size rather than the end. This would allow us to
> cover region up to the address 2^64-1.
>
> Also, this would make clearer whether end is included in the region or not.
>
I think making the range inclusive and documenting it would have the
same effect.
But I'm not sure which syntax is more friendly to the users. What do you think?
Zhongze Liu
Cheers.
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