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Re: [PATCH, RFC, resend] Re: [Xen-devel] granting access to MSI-X table

To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC, resend] Re: [Xen-devel] granting access to MSI-X table and pending bit array
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:32:59 +0100
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On 13/08/2010 14:37, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Below/attached is an untested and possibly not yet complete patch
> attempting to address the problem originally described on this thread
> (can't really test this myself as I don't have, with one exception,
> any MSI-X capable devices around, and the exceptional one doesn't have
> a driver making use of it). I had sent it once before, it only got
> refreshed since then to build with xen-unstable as of c/s 21952, and
> I'm re-sending it mainly because there was no feedback so far, despite
> the original problem representing a security issue.

I'm happy to check it in and see if anyone complains about breakage.

 -- Keir



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