Re: [QEMU][PATCH v2 05/11] include/hw/xen/xen_common: return error from xen_create_ioreq_server

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stefano and Vikram,

On 2/12/22 03:59, Vikram Garhwal wrote:
> From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxx>
>
> This is done to prepare for enabling xenpv support for ARM architecture.
> On ARM it is possible to have a functioning xenpv machine with only the
> PV backends and no IOREQ server. If the IOREQ server creation fails,
> continue to the PV backends initialization.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vikram Garhwal <vikram.garhwal@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>   include/hw/xen/xen_common.h | 13 ++++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/hw/xen/xen_common.h b/include/hw/xen/xen_common.h
> index 77ce17d8a4..6510ac15e0 100644
> --- a/include/hw/xen/xen_common.h
> +++ b/include/hw/xen/xen_common.h
> @@ -467,9 +467,10 @@ static inline void xen_unmap_pcidev(domid_t dom,
>   {
>   }
>   
> -static inline void xen_create_ioreq_server(domid_t dom,
> -                                           ioservid_t *ioservid)
How long are we supposed to maintain this code? Per [*]:

  In general XenProject.org supports stable branches for 18 months full
  support plus 18 months security fixes. When a new X.Y.0 release is
  made there is usually one more release on the to-be-retired stable
  branch to mop up any loose patches sitting in the repository at which
  point the branch is retired.

4.17 was just released. 4.5 was 7 years ago. IIUC EOL'ed 4 years ago.

[*] 
https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_Project_Maintenance_Releases#Stable_Maintenance_Branches
Regards,

Phil.