Re: [PATCH v2 15/35] xen/console: rename console_rx to console_owner

[Denis Mukhin <dmkhn@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, December 12th, 2024 at 12:58 AM, Roger Pau Monné 
<roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 08:41:45PM -0800, Denis Mukhin via B4 Relay wrote:
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> > From: Denis Mukhin dmukhin@xxxxxxxx
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> > Preparation for the follow on change to switch console_owner to
> > domid_t address space.
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> I'm a bit confused, is the plan to assign the console (so both RX and
> TX) exclusively to a domain?

The name change is because semantics of console_rx will be changed.
It will be pointing to domain ID instead of an integer number mapped
to domain ID.
I think "console owner" should be easier to follow.

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> Otherwise this would better be named console_input_target or similar,
> if you think console_rx is not clear enough (FWIW, I'm OK with the
> name given the current usage).
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> Thanks, Roger.