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Re: [Xen-devel] garbage registers when domain killed by xen

To: Kip Macy <kip.macy@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] garbage registers when domain killed by xen
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 10:15:28 +0100
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On 7 May 2005, at 02:26, Kip Macy wrote:

Is it really necessary for xen to overwrite part of a domain's context
on a fatal trap?

Which ones are overwritten -- ecx/edx? I'm not sure how that could happen but it's clearly a bug rather than intentional.

 -- Keir


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