Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 01/17] libxl/arm: Factor out codes for generating DTB

[Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>]

On 07/07/16 17:12, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> On 07/07/2016 12:06 PM, Julien Grall wrote:
> > On 07/07/16 16:48, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> > > On 07/07/2016 11:41 AM, Wei Liu wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 11:12:31AM +0800, Shannon Zhao wrote:
> > > > > From: Shannon Zhao <shannon.zhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > > Factor out codes for generating DTB to prepare for adding ACPI tables
> > > > > generation codes.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Shannon Zhao <shannon.zhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >    tools/libxl/libxl_arm.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
> > > > >    1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_arm.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_arm.c
> > > > > index ddd80aa..4a57dd7 100644
> > > > > --- a/tools/libxl/libxl_arm.c
> > > > > +++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_arm.c
> > > > > @@ -747,10 +747,9 @@ static int copy_partial_fdt(libxl__gc *gc,
> > > > > void *fdt, void *pfdt)
> > > > >
> > > > >    #define FDT_MAX_SIZE (1<<20)
> > > > >
> > > > > -int libxl__arch_domain_init_hw_description(libxl__gc *gc,
> > > > > -                                           libxl_domain_build_info
> > > > > *info,
> > > > > -
> > > > > libxl__domain_build_state *state,
> > > > > -                                           struct xc_dom_image *dom)
> > > > > +static int libxl__prepare_dtb(libxl__gc *gc,
> > > > > libxl_domain_build_info *info,
> > > > > +                       libxl__domain_build_state *state,
> > > > > +                       struct xc_dom_image *dom)
> > > > I've queued this up for committing and will fix the indentation as I go
> > > > along.
> > >
> > > I don't think this can be ready for committing since it sits on top of
> > > my not-yet-reviewed series (which is pretty much guaranteed to require a
> > > new spin).
> > This is only used by the ARM code which you don't modify. So I don't
> > see any issue to commit this patch.
> I thought Wei was referring to the whole series being prepared for
> committing. If he was talking only about this patch (and possibly
> selected other patches) then yes, there is no dependency here. I know
> that further patches in this series want to see tools/libacpi, for
> example, and that is not ready.
I know about this. I don't think this series is ready to be fully 
committed due to some the disagreement such as where to handle the ACPI 
blob.
However, it would be nice to get trivial patch to slim down the size of 
the series.
Cheers,

--
Julien Grall

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