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RE: [Xen-devel] [VTD][PATCH] Don't allow assigning the same device twice

To: "Keir Fraser" <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [VTD][PATCH] Don't allow assigning the same device twice without release the first assignment
From: "Han, Weidong" <weidong.han@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:51:08 +0800
Cc: "Kay, Allen M" <allen.m.kay@xxxxxxxxx>
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] [VTD][PATCH] Don't allow assigning the same device twice without release the first assignment
Keir,

Resend the patch. This patch is implemented according to your
suggestion. Asssigns device in xend before starting ioemu, and add the
check on DOMCTL_assign_device hypercall. Thanks.

-- Weidong

Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 16/10/07 03:04, "Han, Weidong" <weidong.han@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>> The DOMCTL_assign_device should check whether the device is already
>>> assigned. This has the benefit that it can atomically
>>> check-and-allocate, under the domctl lock.
>>> 
>>> You'll have to work out how to propagate DOMCTL_assign_device
>>> failure to the user. Either you have to get the error out of ioemu,
>>> or perhaps you can assign the device in xend before starting ioemu.
>> 
>> Yes, adding the check on DOMCTL_assign_device is simple, but I didn't
>> find a good way to propagate DOMCTL_assign_device failure to user.
>> This patch adds the check in xend before starting ioemu. In addtion,
>> adding the check in Xend can prompt user on the screen when the
>> device has already been assigned. Thanks.
> 
> Well, that's too bad because I won't take the original patch. Why
> can't the device be assigned by xend?
> 
>  -- Keir

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