Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/7] libxl, Introduce dm-version xenstore key.

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2011-10-10 at 11:19 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Ian Campbell writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/7] libxl, Introduce dm-version 
> xenstore key."):
> > Do you think /libxl/$domid is a good idea then or do you have somewhere
> > else in mind?
> 
> /libxl/$domid is fine I think.  We need a clear rule that nothing
> other than libxl will ever be expected to look there, so it's entirely
> a private path and does not ever form part of any API.

Agreed, this includes toolstacks using libxl accessing directly also.

If we come up with a valid reason for toolstacks to store stuff in
xenstore then libxl can provide a user-data style interface to mediate
this use.

The permissions should be such that only the toolstack domain can access
it.

Ian.


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