Re: [Xen-devel] [DOC v8] PV Calls protocol design

[Oleksandr Andrushchenko <andr2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/27/2017 08:48 PM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jan 2017, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
> > Hi, Stefano!
> > > #### Error numbers
> > >
> > > The numbers corresponding to the error names specified by POSIX are:
> > >
> > >       [EPERM]         -1
> > >       [ENOENT]        -2
> > Don't you want to use Xen's errno.h here as described in [1]?
> > So we have error codes consistent for all PV protocols?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Oleksandr
> >
> > [1] https://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=148545604312317&w=2
> Hi Oleksandr,
>
> PVCalls is a bit different, because the protocol is meant to send POSIX
> calls to the backend, therefore, I have to use POSIX error names in the
> protocol.
>
> I could assign any numbers to the names though. It makes sense to use
> the Xen/Linux error numbers for simplicity. Whether I declare them
> directly as numbers as I have done here, or indirectly as XEN_ERRNO, I
> don't think it matters much. But I think that using numbers is clearer,
> that's why I did it that way.
got it, thanks

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