Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 00/18 v3] libxl: fork and event fixes for libvirt and 4.4

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George Dunlap writes ("Re: [PATCH 00/18 v3] libxl: fork and event fixes for 
libvirt and 4.4"):
> On 02/03/2014 04:14 PM, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > This is the latest version of my libxl event fixes apropos of Jim's
> > libvirt testing.
> 
> Did you have any opinions on the suitability of this for 4.4?

Sorry, I should have made that clear in the body text rather than just
the subject line.

I think this needs a freeze exception on the following grounds:

 * There is little change visible to non-eventy/thready callers and
   the risk of new races there is limited; basic functional testing
   ought to catch those errors.

 * The most prominent eventy/thready caller we are currently aware of
   is libvirt.  Without these changes it is nearly impossible to have
   a reliable libvirt.

 * These changes fall into three categories:

     - Bugfixes (3 or so);

     - The new SIGCHLD sharing feature
        "libxl: fork: Share SIGCHLD handler amongst ctxs";

     - New libxl innards unit test framework and a unit test;

     - Documentation improvements;

     - Changes with no functional effect which have been broken out
       from the above in order to facilitate review (lots, but
       all small easily reviewable).

Thanks,
Ian.

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