Paul Durrant writes ("[PATCH v6 3/6] public/xen.h: add a definition for a
'valid domid' mask"):
> A subsequent patch will modify libxl to allow selection of a random domid
> value when creating domains. Valid values are limited to a width of 15 bits,
> so add an appropriate mask definition to the public header.
This is fine by me but I wonder if hypervisor maintainers would like
more rationale.
In the conversation where I asked you to split this out I wrote:
> > This is useful for programs which need to [explanation],
> > including for example, libxl, which is going to want to
> > randomly generate domids.
> >
> > Maybe it needs some explanation of why this belongs in the Xen
> > public headers rather than in some header available to libxc,
> > libxl and other tools stuff ?
Your commit message seems to me to explain the former but not the
latter. I don't know if hypervisor maintainers want the latter.
Anyway,
Reviewed-by: Ian Jackson <[email protected]>
Thanks,
Ian.
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