Re: [RFC PATCH] Coverage support

Jan Beulich
Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:27:23 -0000

>>> On 01.02.13 at 15:48, Frediano Ziglio
<frediano.ziglio@citrix.com> wrote:
> Updated set of patches for coverage.
> Changes:
> - implemented way of getting information
> - use only 2 parameter in hypercall (still not sure it''s better to
use
>   sysctl)
> - use "coverage" for configuration option as suggested by Ian
Campbell
> - split header in include/public/gcov.h and include/xen/gcov.h to allow
>   tools to include public header
> - use weak to avoid defining compat_coverage_op

While probably not formally documented anywhere, we decided
against using weak some time ago.

Furthermore, iirc I already told you that with a suitably defined
interface you won''t need a compat variant at all (and in particular
that would be the case if you went the sysctl route, as was
suggested to you).

Jan