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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] unnecessary removal of guest console characters

To: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] unnecessary removal of guest console characters
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:46:48 +0100
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The 'application' in this case is the kernel. The data in this case is
console logs and possibly output from an interactive login. Responsiveness
of the former is critical, even, I would say, if that's at the expense of
integrity of the latter.

 -- Keir

On 11/4/08 16:11, "Samuel Thibault" <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Keir Fraser, le Fri 11 Apr 2008 16:03:57 +0100, a écrit :
>> Buffering happens in the daemon, not in the inter-domain ring. If we switch
>> to your strategy then overflow leads to the guest hanging rather than
>> characters being dropped.
> 
> The guest itself doesn't hang, the application inside the guest that
> produces the output does hang, and that's what I would expect if I am
> not looking at it, rather than the risk of loosing data because of a
> non-end-to-end flow control.
> 
> Samuel



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