Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 17/17] x86/HVM: eliminate custom #MF/#XM handling

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 18.09.17 at 11:27, <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>  -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jan Beulich [mailto:JBeulich@xxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 14 September 2017 16:22
>> To: xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Andrew Cooper <Andrew.Cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>; Paul Durrant
>> <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>; George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [PATCH v2 17/17] x86/HVM: eliminate custom #MF/#XM handling
>> 
>> Use the generic stub exception handling instead.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> The changes look ok to me, but I don't really have any context as to why 
> separate exception handling might have been desirable in the first place.

Having all exceptions dealt with in a central place and in similar
ways seems pretty desirable to me, and the diffstat of the patch
also looks to be a reason to do the conversion.

> Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

Jan


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