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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 3/8] xen/arm: return int from flush_page_to_ram and *_dcache_va_range



On Mon, 13 Oct 2014, Julien Grall wrote:
> On 10/13/2014 03:58 PM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > These functions cannot really fail on ARM, but their x86 equivalents can
> > (-EOPNOTSUPP). Change the prototype to return int.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  xen/arch/arm/mm.c          |    6 ++++--
> >  xen/include/asm-arm/page.h |    8 +++++---
> >  xen/include/asm-x86/page.h |    3 ++-
> >  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/mm.c b/xen/arch/arm/mm.c
> > index 996687b..f6f20aa 100644
> > --- a/xen/arch/arm/mm.c
> > +++ b/xen/arch/arm/mm.c
> > @@ -377,12 +377,14 @@ unsigned long domain_page_map_to_mfn(const void *ptr)
> >  }
> >  #endif
> >  
> > -void flush_page_to_ram(unsigned long mfn)
> > +int flush_page_to_ram(unsigned long mfn)
> 
> If you decide to change the prototype of flush_page_to_ram, you need to
> check the return on every call-site.
> 
> IHMO, as this function is implemented as a no-op on x86, I would keep
> the void and add an ASSERT below to check ret.

I think you are right, I'll do that.

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