> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wei Liu [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 16 July 2018 15:14
> To: Paul Durrant <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]; Andrew Cooper
> <[email protected]>; George Dunlap
> <[email protected]>; Ian Jackson <[email protected]>; Jan
> Beulich <[email protected]>; Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> <[email protected]>; Stefano Stabellini <[email protected]>; Tim
> (Xen.org) <[email protected]>; Wei Liu <[email protected]>; Daniel De Graaf
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/13] public / x86: introduce
> __HYPERCALL_iommu_op
> 
> On Sat, Jul 07, 2018 at 12:05:19PM +0100, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > This patch introduces the boilerplate for a new hypercall to allow a
> > domain to control IOMMU mappings for its own pages.
> > Whilst there is duplication of code between the native and compat entry
> > points which appears ripe for some form of combination, I think it is
> > better to maintain the separation as-is because the compat entry point
> > will necessarily gain complexity in subsequent patches.
> >
> 
> Since this is a new op, why is there compatibility issue? Can we do away
> with the compat entry point all together?
> 
> I haven't read the rest of this series, maybe it will become clearer
> later.

Look at the patch adding the query op... that's when it becomes necessary.

  Paul

> 
> Wei.

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