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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Update cr3 in PAE mode when guest walk succeed b

To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Update cr3 in PAE mode when guest walk succeed but shadow walk fails
From: John Levon <levon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:17:15 -0400
Cc: George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 03:15:35PM +0100, Keir Fraser wrote:

> > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 02:09:20PM +0100, George Dunlap wrote:
> > 
> >> domain is dying, and makes an ASSERT() to that effect.  So currently,
> >> in debug mode, this will cause the host to crash; in non-debug mode,
> >> this will cause a page-fault loop.
> > 
> > Isn't this a security hole then?
> 
> Debug builds shouldn't be used in production environments. The page-fault
> loop, in the non-debug case, is preemptible, so the offending guest can only
> waste its own scheduling quantum.

OK, makes sense.

regards
john

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