Re: [Xen-devel] yanked share problem

To:	NAHieu <nahieu@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-devel] yanked share problem
From:	Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:30:01 +0000
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> Could you tell me what happen if the DomU_A crash while DomU_B still
> accesses the  memory it is granted? And moreover, how can DomU_A knows
> that his friend has just "died"?

AFAIK, A will be prevented from being fully destroyed until B drops the 
reference to that page of memory.  The page will be around as long as B wants 
it.

Cheers,
Mark

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