Re: [XEN PATCH] docs/misra: add x86_64 and arm64 asm-offset.c to exclude-list

[Nicola Vetrini <nicola.vetrini@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jan,

On 2024-02-08 09:05, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 08.02.2024 08:55, Nicola Vetrini wrote:
> > These two files contain several deliberate violations of MISRA C rules 
> > and
> > they are not linked in the final Xen binary, therefore they can be 
> > exempted
> > from MISRA compliance.
> >
> > No functional change.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nicola Vetrini <nicola.vetrini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Since the exclude list only contains arm64 and x86 files I reasoned 
> > that
> > introducing an entry that would match all architectures would not be 
> > desirable
> > (e.g., arm32). I'm happy to change that, though.
> Just wanted to ask - if globs are permitted, I'd favor covering all 
> possible
> architectures. It is certainly expected that they all follow suit. Just 
> that
> in the absence of sub-architectures the path would be 
> xen/arch/*/asm-offsets.c
> (and it's quite possible that we may, over time, morph x86 to a 
> sub-arch-less
> form).
>
> Jan
Ok, I'll modify it. Thanks,

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Nicola Vetrini, BSc
Software Engineer, BUGSENG srl (https://bugseng.com)