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Re: [Xen-devel] resume of HVM guest without PV drivers

To: James Harper <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] resume of HVM guest without PV drivers
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:16:10 +0100
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On 07/08/2009 12:34, "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Indeed. However, the fixup handler in this case can be trivial - it
> just
>> needs to restart the whole operation (including the
> have-I-been-resumed
>> check).
>> 
> 
> What if it happens this way:
> if (just_been_resumed)
>   restore_hypercall_page();
> /* suspend/resume happens here */
> do_hypercall(...);
> 
> suddenly do_hypercall() jumps into empty space.

Why would it jump into empty space? I'll jump into a stale stub is all.

 -- Keir



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