Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 08/12] libxl: ocaml: drop the ocaml heap lock before calling into libxl

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian Campbell writes ("Re: [PATCH v6 08/12] libxl: ocaml: drop the ocaml heap 
lock before calling into libxl"):
> On Wed, 2013-11-27 at 13:49 +0000, Rob Hoes wrote:
> > This fall into the "copying ocaml values to C before dropping the
> > ocaml lock" category: it avoids calling the aohow_val function inside
> > the argument list of the libxl functions, which are called without the
> > ocaml lock.
> 
> I see, I'd have done it with stack_ao_how and *ao_how as the return
> value rather than dynamic allocation but OK.

I don't think this change is actually logically interconnected with
the locking changes.  See my other mail just sent.

Ian.

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