Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 0/3] Remove tmem

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 12.03.19 at 13:21, <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 01:58:03PM +0000, Wei Liu wrote:
>> It is agreed that tmem can be removed from xen.git. See the thread starting  
>                                                                               
>    
>> from <D5E866B2-96F4-4E89-941E-73F578DF2F17@xxxxxxxxxx>.
>> 
>> In this version:
>> 
>> 1. Remove some residuals from previous version and fix all build errors
>>    discovered by Gitlab CI.
>> 2. Swap the order of patches to make sure bisection still works. This
>>    is verified by calling
>>       `./automation/scripts/build-test.sh origin/staging HEAD`
>> 3. Make sure Xen still boots and passes all XTF tests after the removal.
>> 4. Keep public/tmem.h.
> 
> Now that 4.13 is open. What needs to be done regarding this series?
> 
> FAOD I still think its support status requires no prior announcement of
> its removal.

Depending on what exactly "announcement" means, commit a67ce55a3e
("tmem: default to off") was meant to serve as such. But in the end iirc it
was Ian who objected to outright deleting the code, so I think he should
clarify what further steps (if any) he expects to be taken.

Jan



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