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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: changeset 13403 ...

To: Joe Bonasera <joe.bonasera@xxxxxxx>, <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <kraxel@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: changeset 13403 ...
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:38:30 +0000
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We're not proposing to change that. This out-of-the-way allocation would be
a very temporary measure to transfer us from the current pagetables to the
builder pagetables. The memory area will be unused by the time the
chain-booted kernel starts to execute.

 -- Keir

On 29/1/07 18:36, "Joe Bonasera" <joe.bonasera@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> I'm dropping in on this part way through but
> out of context the following sounds dangerous.
> 
> For example, Solaris domains assume at start
> of time, that only pages mapped in the start
> area are in use in any way. All other pages
> go immediately in our free lists. If you change
> this protocol, then we'll have backwards
> incompatibility issues to fix.
> 
>> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:35:48 +0100
>> From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: changeset 13403 ...
>> To: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Xen devel list <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>> 
>>   Hi,
>> 
>>> You may even know that they only map part of
>>> the guest physical memory and so choose to locate the intermediate
>>> pagetables outside that mapped area.
>> 
>> Good point, that solves at least a part of the problem, as the read-only
>> mapping is needed one-way only then ...
>> 
>> thanks,
>>   Gerd
>> 
> 
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