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[Xen-devel] [PATCH 1 of 4] x86 shadow: for multi-page shadows, explicitl

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Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1 of 4] x86 shadow: for multi-page shadows, explicitly track the first page
From: Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:58:00 +0100
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x86 shadow: for multi-page shadows, explicitly track the first page
(where the refcounts are) and check that none of the routines
that do refcounting ever see the second, third or fourth page.
This is just stating and enforcing an existing implicit requirement.

Signed-off-by: Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>


4 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/common.c  |    8 +++++-
xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/multi.c   |   48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/private.h |    2 +
xen/include/asm-x86/mm.h         |    3 +-


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