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Re: [Xen-devel] Read-only locking of Guest Memory pages

To: Srujan Kotikela <ksrujandas@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Read-only locking of Guest Memory pages
From: Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:14:45 +0100
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Hi, 

At 14:52 -0500 on 13 Jun (1307976734), Srujan Kotikela wrote:
> Does Xen provide any mechanism to set read-only access/lock on guest's
> pages?

Yes, Xen has lots of code that makes guest memory read-only for various
reasons, and one of them might be suitable.  What's your overall goal?

(BTW, you might want to read 
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/AskingXenDevelQuestions)

Cheers,

Tim.

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Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Principal Software Engineer, Xen Platform Team
Citrix Systems UK Ltd.  (Company #02937203, SL9 0BG)

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