Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH for-4.10] gdbsx: prefer privcmd character device

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Cc Julien and change tag. I think this is safe to be applied to 4.10.

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 01:58:07PM -0700, Elena Ufimtseva wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 03:25:39PM +0000, Wei Liu wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:20:11AM -0500, Doug Goldstein wrote:
> > > Prefer using the character device over the proc file if the character
> > > device exists.
> > > 
> > > CC: Elena Ufimtseva <elena.ufimtseva@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > CC: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > CC: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > CC: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > So this was originally submitted with 9c89dc95201 and 7d418eab3b6 and
> > > was rejected since the goal was to convert gdbsx to use libxc but that
> > > hasn't happened. /dev/xen/privcmd should be preferred and this change
> > > makes that happen. It would be nice if we landed this with the plan
> > > to convert gdbsx happening when it happens.
> > 
> > Oh well... I think this is fine.
> > 
> > Elena has the final verdict.
> 
> I think this is fine.
> I will look into the conversion and relevant discussions if I find them and
> see what can be done.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Meanwhile,
> Reviewed-by: Elena Ufimtseva <elena.ufimtseva@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Elena

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