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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 01/04] Kexec / Kdump: Generic code
 
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Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> | 
 
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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 01/04] Kexec / Kdump: Generic code | 
 
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Horms <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> | 
 
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Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:00:05 +0900 | 
 
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Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Kazuo Moriwaka <moriwaka@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,	Akio Takebe <takebe_akio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, magnus.damm@xxxxxxxxx,	Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Magnus Damm <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> | 
 
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On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 07:56:37AM +0100, Keir Fraser wrote:
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> On 17/10/06 2:25 am, "Horms" <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > TYPE_DEFAULT is kexec, TYPE_CRASH is kdump.
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> > Its just to avoid a from_guest. If you think that isn't worthwhile
> > we can fold it into the structural parameter.
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> Yes please. This isn't performance critical. Folding will make the interface
> better match other hypercalls.
The main thing that I am concerned about is, that in the
case that dom0 panics, and we are asking the hypercall to take a dump
for us, do we really want a copy_from guest in that path?
It seems to me that its best to have that path as simple as possible.
But I do argree that it comes at the expense of making the interface
a bit unclean.
-- 
Horms
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- Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 01/04] Kexec / Kdump: Generic code, Horms
 - Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 01/04] Kexec / Kdump: Generic code, Keir Fraser
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- [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 01/04] Kexec / Kdump: Generic code, Horms
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[Xen-devel] [PATCH 02/04] Kexec / Kdump: Code shared between x86_32	and x86_64, Magnus Damm
[Xen-devel] [PATCH 03/04] Kexec / Kdump: x86_32 specific code, Magnus Damm
[Xen-devel] [PATCH 04/04] Kexec / Kdump: x86_64 specific code, Magnus Damm
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