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Re: [Xen-devel] A different probklem with save/restore on C/S 14823.

To: "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>, Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] A different probklem with save/restore on C/S 14823.
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:35:20 +0100
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On 17/4/07 17:22, "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> So just to confirm, you think that this should be fixed (i.e. the
> null-access should not be possible), but I should test the latest to see
> if save/restore works better there, as there is no need to search
> further for the actual cause of the "write to zero is possible" problem?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this behaviour is intentional. Slot 0 of the
monitor_table top-level table points at a shadow linear map. So feel free to
upgrade your tree now -- no more tracking down to be done. :-)

 -- Keir



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