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Re: [Xen-devel] Grant Tables between dom0 and domU?

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Grant Tables between dom0 and domU?
From: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:07:54 +0100
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> Subsequent lines suggest mechanism sharing between only unpriviliged
> domains.
>
> Can grant tables be used for this capability based shared memory
> communication between dom0 and domUs?

Yes, using grant tables is an unprivileged operation so any domain can use it 
(well, HVM is limited in this respect) - dom0 and domU can share memory if 
appropriate.

This is used by the split Io drivers, etc.

Cheers,
Mark

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