Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 01/27] tools/libxl: Fix libxl__ev_child_inuse() check for not-yet-initialised children

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew Cooper writes ("Re: [PATCH 01/27] tools/libxl: Fix 
libxl__ev_child_inuse() check for not-yet-initialised children"):
> It is possible that one bit fails before it can be calculated whether
> the second bit needs to start or not.
> 
> At the moment, all bits in libxl in this area do initialisation
> immediately before use; most bits are even initialised in the function
> which starts their actions.  Some bits are initialised differently
> depending on the path taken to get to the initialisation site. 

As a rule of thumb a function libxl__initiate_foo_ which takes a
libxl__foo_state* should do this initialisation for the whole
libxl__foo_state.

I don't see why you can't do that.

Ian.

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