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Re: [Xen-devel] /proc/xen/xenbus supports watch?

To: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] /proc/xen/xenbus supports watch?
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:36:03 +0100
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On 22 Sep 2005, at 03:07, Rusty Russell wrote:

Exactly!  So you would have me implement multiplexing code in the
kernel, demultiplexing code in the daemon, checking code in the kernel
to make sure we don't corrupt the shared comms channel, for no reason.

Better to implement simple mux/demux code than pain-in-the-arse save/restore code.

 -- Keir


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