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Re: [Xen-devel] confused about the balloon code

from [Keir Fraser] [Permanent Link][Original]
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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] confused about the balloon code
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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:37:05 +0100
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On 28/4/07 19:04, "Kaushik Barde" <Kaushik_Barde@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It makes sense from memory/page management stand-point,
> I don't understand any direct security link? May be I am taking it too
> literally.

The only reason to scrub the pages is because you don't want the domain to
which they are next allocated to see their old contents.

 -- Keir
 



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