Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] gdbsx: prefer privcmd character device

[Elena Ufimtseva]

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 03:25:39PM +, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:20:11AM -0500, Doug Goldstein wrote:
> > Prefer using the character device over the proc file if the character
> > device exists.
> > 
> > CC: Elena Ufimtseva 
> > CC: Ian Jackson 
> > CC: Stefano Stabellini 
> > CC: Wei Liu 
> > Signed-off-by: Doug Goldstein 
> > ---
> > So this was originally submitted with 9c89dc95201 and 7d418eab3b6 and
> > was rejected since the goal was to convert gdbsx to use libxc but that
> > hasn't happened. /dev/xen/privcmd should be preferred and this change
> > makes that happen. It would be nice if we landed this with the plan
> > to convert gdbsx happening when it happens.
> 
> Oh well... I think this is fine.
> 
> Elena has the final verdict.

I think this is fine.
I will look into the conversion and relevant discussions if I find them and
see what can be done.

Thanks!

Meanwhile,
Reviewed-by: Elena Ufimtseva 

Elena

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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] gdbsx: prefer privcmd character device

[Wei Liu]

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:20:11AM -0500, Doug Goldstein wrote:
> Prefer using the character device over the proc file if the character
> device exists.
> 
> CC: Elena Ufimtseva 
> CC: Ian Jackson 
> CC: Stefano Stabellini 
> CC: Wei Liu 
> Signed-off-by: Doug Goldstein 
> ---
> So this was originally submitted with 9c89dc95201 and 7d418eab3b6 and
> was rejected since the goal was to convert gdbsx to use libxc but that
> hasn't happened. /dev/xen/privcmd should be preferred and this change
> makes that happen. It would be nice if we landed this with the plan
> to convert gdbsx happening when it happens.

Oh well... I think this is fine.

Elena has the final verdict.

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