Re: [PATCH v2 14/35] xen/console: rename switch_serial_input() to console_find_owner()

[Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 03:13:20PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 06.12.2024 05:41, Denis Mukhin via B4 Relay wrote:
> > From: Denis Mukhin <dmukhin@xxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Updated the name to highlight the logic of selection the physical console
> > owner: existing code does not switch only serial console, it also switches
> > video console and debugging console (debug I/O port and console hypercall).
> 
> I'm especially surprised you mention "video console" here. Afaics all of
> this is only about console _input_, and no input comes from a video device.
> Arguably "serial" in the original name is too narrow now. Yet "input"
> continues to be quite appropriate.

switch_console_input() maybe? switch_console_input_target() even?

I think the switch is also relevant, as it shuffles the input around,
console_find_owner() doesn't seem to convey that meaning.

Thanks, Roger.