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Re: [PATCH] docs: specify stability of hypfs path documentation



On 13.07.20 09:56, Jan Beulich wrote:
On 13.07.2020 07:16, Juergen Gross wrote:
@@ -55,6 +58,11 @@ tags enclosed in square brackets.
  * CONFIG_* -- Path is valid only in case the hypervisor was built with
    the respective config option.
+Path availability is subject to change, e.g. a specific path specified
+for a single architecture now might be made available for other architectures
+in future, or it could be made conditional by an additional config option
+of the hypervisor.

I agree this is worthwhile clarifying. To me, between the lines,
this then suggests that paths are entirely unreliable, which I
don't think is what we want. So perhaps some further clarification
could be added to clarify that we're not going to arbitrarily
change paths or their meaning? Or am I mistaken in understanding
that this interface is meant to act ABI-like?

You are right. What about following rewording:

"In case a tag for a path indicates that this path is available in some
 case only, this availability might be extended or reduced in future by
 modification or removal of the tag."


Juergen



 


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