[patch 10/21] Xen-paravirt: Name: dont export paravirt_ops structure, do individual functions

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Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Zachary Amsden wrote:
>   
>> This turned out really hideous looking to me.  Can't we split the
>> struct into GPL'd and non-GPL'd functions instead?  We still have the
>> same granularity, and none of this function call to an indirect
>> function call nonsense. 
>>     
>
> It's not pretty, but I think having paravirt_ops and paravirt_ops_gpl
> would be worse.  I'd be sympathetic to the idea of splitting
> paravirt_ops up by function groupings, but splitting it by license seems
> like a maintenance headache with no real upside.  Besides, patching will
> solve everything (tm).
>   

Ok.  As long as we plan on patching CR2 and CR0 / clts accessors for FPU 
save during context switch and page fault paths in the future.


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