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RE: [Xen-devel] xenstore and "my domid" on hvm guest

To: "Ian Jackson" <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Keir Fraser" <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] xenstore and "my domid" on hvm guest
From: "Dan Magenheimer" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 09:01:13 -0600
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Thanks much.  Exactly what I was looking for!

Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Jackson [mailto:Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 3:37 AM
> To: Keir Fraser
> Cc: dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx; Xen-Devel (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] xenstore and "my domid" on hvm guest
> 
> 
> Keir Fraser writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] xenstore and "my domid" 
> on hvm guest"):
> > I think xenstore accesses in a domU have a 'current working 
> directory' of
> > /local/domain/<domid>/. What happens if you try accesses 
> without an initial
> > / in the path?
> 
> Yes, exactly.  This is covered in docs/misc/xenstore.txt:
> 
>   Values commonly included in payloads include:
> 
>       <path>
>         Specifies a path in the hierarchical key structure.
>         If <path> starts with a / it simply represents that path.
> 
>         <path> is allowed not to start with /, in which case the
>         caller must be a domain (rather than connected via a socket)
>         and the path is taken to be relative to /local/domain/<domid>
>         (eg, `x/y' sent by domain 3 would mean `/local/domain/3/x/y').
> 
> Ian.
>


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