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Re: [Xen-devel] That xenstored console leak...

To: John Levon <levon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] That xenstored console leak...
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:42:29 +0000
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On 15/1/08 14:38, "John Levon" <levon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>> Anyway, seems like we need a simple working fix for 3.1 series, even if
>>> there's larger surgery done.
>> 
>> I checked your patch in for 3.1, which is probably sufficient there.
> 
> The fix I was referring to was the one for the MAC-lossage issue.

I'd consider taking Jim's patch to remove the path deletion, and swallow the
(rather theoretical) xenstore leak across large numbers of device hotplugs.

 -- Keir



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