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[Xen-devel] [PATCH] Fix shadow code's handling of p2m superpage changes

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Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Fix shadow code's handling of p2m superpage changes
From: Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:43:04 +0100
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When a p2m superpage entry is shattered, it's important not to 
unshadow any parts of the 2MB region that are still there afterwards. 
Otherwise shattering a superpage that contains the guest's top-level
pagetable will cause the guest to be killed.

Signed-off-by: Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Principal Software Engineer, Citrix Systems (R&D) Ltd.
[Company #02300071, SL9 0DZ, UK.]

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