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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 1/6] docs/qemu-deprivilege: Revise and update with status and future plans


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  • From: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 18:08:27 +0000
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On 11/05/2018 06:07 PM, George Dunlap wrote:
> docs/qemu-deprivilege.txt had some basic instructions for using
> dm_restrict, but it was incomplete, misleading, and stale.
> 
> Update the docs in a number of ways.
> 
> First, separate user-facing documentation and technical description
> into docs/features and docs/design, respectively.
> 
> In the feature doc:
> 
> * Introduce a section mentioning minimim versions of Linux, Xen, and
> qemu required (TBD)
> 
> * Fix the discussion of qemu userid.  Mention xen-qemuuser-range-base,
> and provide example shell code that actually has some hope of working
> (instead of failing out after creating 900 userids).
> 
> * Describe how to enable restrictions, as well as features which
> probably don't or definitely don't work.
> 
> In the design doc, introduce a "Technical Details" section which
> describes specifically what restrictions are currently done, and also
> what restrictions we are looking at doing in the future.
> 
> The idea here is that as we implement the various items for the
> future, we move them from "Restrictions still to do" to "Restrictions
> done".  This can also act as a design document -- a place for public
> discussion of what can or should be done and how.
> 
> Also add an entry to SUPPORT.md.

Sorry, I thought I'd removed this -- the SUPPORT.md changes have been
moved to another file.  I can fix this up on check-in if necessary.

 -George

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