Re: [Xen-devel] Backports for Xen 4.6

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20/01/16 12:29, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 18.01.16 at 16:53, <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Possibly also:
>> 42940c046902 "x86/shadow: Fix missing newline in dprintk()"
> The affected statement compiles to nothing in a release build, which
> can be taken as an argument both ways. I lean towards not putting
> it in.
>
>> 6851e979874e "VT-d: use proper error codes in iommu_enable_x2apic_IR()"
> Since I had pulled this into our own tree already, and since you're
> now also viewing this as useful, I guess I will throw it in.
>
>> 0ce647ad6f70 "x86: suppress bogus log message"
> This being a purely cosmetic change, may I ask for the reason
> you consider this a backport candidate?

The shear volume reduction in debug builds.

XenServer ships both a release and a debug hypervisor for first-line
triage of customer issues.  As such, "only affecting a debug build"
isn't a relevant consideration for us, and I expect we are not alone here.

~Andrew

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