Re: Call for tools backports (was Re: preparations for 4.13.3)

[Ian Jackson <iwj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew Cooper writes ("Re: Call for tools backports (was Re: preparations for 
4.13.3)"):
> These are general backport requests, not specifically for 4.13

Thanks!

> d92ba1aa7cf8 - tools/ocaml: libxb: Harden stub_header_of_string()
> 59b087e39544 - tools/ocaml: Fix stubs build when OCaml has been compiled
> with -safe-string
> 78686437e949 - tools/ocaml: libxb: Avoid to use String_val() when value
> is bytes

These look straightforward.

> 2b8079610ec5 - tools/libxc: misc: Mark const the parameter 'keys' of
> xc_send_debug_keys()
...
> The penultimate one is an API change, but strictly in a relaxing
> direction.

I am happy with this and will backport it.

> a6ed77f1e033 - oxenstored: fix ABI breakage introduced in Xen 4.9.0
> 
>  The final one is an ABI change, but fixing a regression.

I'm not sure about this but I think the effect can only be on
"Reset_watches" ?  I guess I will take it.

> 5e31789634 - tools/ocaml/libs/xb: Do not crash after xenbus is unmapped
> 2a47797d1f - tools/oxenstored: Trim txhistory on xenbus reconnect
> c8b9670825 - tools/oxenstored: Fix quota calculation for mkdir EEXIST
> dc8caf214fb - tools/oxenstored: Reject invalid watch paths early
> 45dee7d92b - tools/oxenstored: mkdir conflicts were sometimes missed

Ack, thanks.

> Do we want to backport the -Og fixes so we can get ABI checking working?

As Jan says, I think these are still in a state of flux ?

Ian.