Re: [XEN PATCH v2 0/6][RESEND] address violations of MISRA C Rule 20.7

[Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 26 Jun 2024, oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Tue, 2024-06-25 at 08:39 +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > On 25.06.2024 02:47, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > I would like to ask for a release-ack as the patch series makes
> > > very few
> > > changes outside of the static analysis configuration. The few
> > > changes to
> > > the Xen code are very limited, straightforward and makes the code
> > > better, see patch #3 and #5.
> > 
> > While continuing to touch automation/ may be okay, I really think
> > time has
> > passed for further Misra changes in 4.19, unless they're fixing
> > actual bugs
> > of course. Just my personal view though ...
> I am not quite sure I understand the concern. From my perspective, the
> patch series addresses several MISRA violations without introducing any
> functional changes. It seems safe to incorporate these MISRA changes
> even at this stage of the release.

I agree with you but I guess Jan's point is that every change even small
could introduce a regression. This is your decision.

This is the updated version:
https://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=171940854121984