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Re: [Xen-devel] compile error of HVM pv drivers

To: "Zhao, Yunfeng" <yunfeng.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>, Kieran Mansley <kmansley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] compile error of HVM pv drivers
From: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:05:23 +0100
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I think you'll find that doesn't fix the problem. The () is there for a
reason.

 K.

On 30/7/07 16:02, "Zhao, Yunfeng" <yunfeng.zhao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The problem may be from the new changes in
> unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6/compat-include/xen/platform-compat.h
> 
> the following two lines:
> #define netif_tx_lock_bh(dev) (spin_lock_bh(&(dev)->xmit_lock))
> #define netif_tx_unlock_bh(dev) (spin_unlock_bh(&(dev)->xmit_lock))
> should be
> #define netif_tx_lock_bh(dev) (spin_lock_bh(&dev->xmit_lock))
> #define netif_tx_unlock_bh(dev) (spin_unlock_bh(&dev->xmit_lock))
> "()" is useless for dev.
> 
> Thanks
> Yunfeng
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 2007年7月30日 22:52
>> To: Kieran Mansley; Zhao, Yunfeng
>> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] compile error of HVM pv drivers
>> 
>> On 30/7/07 15:47, "Kieran Mansley" <kmansley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> In that case replacing the calls (there are two in that file) to
>>> netif_tx_lock_bh() with:
>>> 
>>>  spin_lock_bh(&vif_state->np->netdev->xmit_lock);
>>> 
>>> And similarly the calls to netif_tx_unlock_bh() with spin_unlock_bh(),
>>> may solve your problem.
>>> 
>>> If this works for you I'll make a patch that uses the kernel version to
>>> decide which is appropriate.
>> 
>> Compat issues when building PV-on-HVM drivers are patched up out-of-band in
>> the special
>> unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6/compat-include/xen/platform-compat.h
>> header file.
>> 
>> -- Keir
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