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

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 14.08.10 at 08:32, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

It's not really only a matter of doing a trial checkin, but also one of
finding a solution to the remaining pv-guest issue described in the
submission mail as well as the removal the remaining hole left due to
qemu temporarily mapping this space read/write for no apparent
reason other than keeping the code simple.

Jan


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