Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V2 04/12] Refactor read_file() so it can be shared.

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 06.08.14 at 20:38, <roy.franz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:09 AM, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On 22.07.14 at 02:43, <roy.franz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> The read_file() function updated some multiboot specific data structures
>>> as it was loading a file.  These changes make read_file() more generic,
>>> and create a load_file() wrapper for x86 that updates the multiboot
>>> data structures.  read_file() no longer does special handling of
>>> the configuration file, as this was only needed to avoid adding
>>> it to the multiboot structures.  read_file() and load_file() return
>>> error codes rather than directly exiting on error to facilicate
>>> sharing.  Different architectures may require different max allocation
>>> addresses so take that as an argument.
>>
>> Unless you expect an architecture to pass in different values on
>> different invocations this clearly can be a #define rather than a
>> function parameter.
> I'll remove the argument - Ian's module freeing patch removes the need
> for this.

Actually, didn't I see a later patch actually making use of this now
being an argument (passing a different value than the constant one
used in this patch)?

Jan


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