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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/2] Xen/mem_event: Do not rely on the toolstack being bug-free



On 17/07/14 15:40, Razvan Cojocaru wrote:
> On 07/17/2014 04:10 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> Xen performs insufficient validation of the contents of mem_event responses
>> from the toolstack.  As a result, a buggy toolstack could cause Xen to walk
>> off the end of a domain's vcpu list, and get out of sync with vcpu pause
>> reference counts.
>>
>> These two fixes are compile tested only, as I have no way to plausibly test
>> the mem-event functionality itself.
> I've ran a few tests for our application (heavily based on mem_event),
> and everything seems to work fine.
>
>
> Hope this helps,
> Razvan Cojocaru

Fantastic - thanks!

Does that mean you are happy for a "Tested-by: Razvan Cojocaru
<rcojocaru@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>" tag to accompany the series?

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