Re: [XEN PATCH] x86/guest_walk: address violations of MISRA C:2012 Rule 8.3

[Federico Serafini <federico.serafini@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 28/11/23 14:00, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 28.11.2023 10:46, Federico Serafini wrote:
> > Uniform declaration and definition of guest_walk_tables() using
> > parameter name "pfec_walk":
> > this name highlights the connection with PFEC_* constants and it is
> > consistent with the use of the parameter within function body.
> > No functional change.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Federico Serafini <federico.serafini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> I'm curious what other x86 maintainers think. I for one don't like this,
> but not enough to object if others are happy. That said, there was earlier
> discussion (and perhaps even a patch), yet without a reference I don't
> think I can locate this among all the Misra bits and pieces.
The last thread about guest_walk_tables():

https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2023-10/msg02055.html

Do you have any suggestions on how to handle this?

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Federico Serafini, M.Sc.

Software Engineer, BUGSENG (http://bugseng.com)