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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: update machine_to_phys_order on resume

To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>, <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>, <keir@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: update machine_to_phys_order on resume
From: Keir Fraser <keir.xen@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:23:06 +0100
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On 15/07/2011 18:30, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Actually, one more thought: What's the purpose of this hypercall if
> it is set in stone what values it ought to return? Isn't a guest using
> it (supposed to be) advertising that it can deal with the values being
> variable (and it was just overlooked so far that this doesn't only
> include varying values from boot to boot, but also migration)? Or in
> other words, if we found a need to relocate the M2P table or grow
> its static maximum size, it would be impossible to migrate guests
> from an old to a new hypervisor.

Fair point. There has to be a static fallback set of return values for old
guests.

 -- Keir



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