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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] ept: Fix bug in changeset 22526:7a5ee3800417

To: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] ept: Fix bug in changeset 22526:7a5ee3800417
From: Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:40:15 +0000
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At 15:41 +0000 on 15 Mar (1300203711), George Dunlap wrote:
> This fixes a bug in changeset 22526:7a5ee3800417, where the wrong
> value is read when deciding whether to flush the VTd tables.  The
> effect is minor: in situations where the p2m entry is changed but the
> mfn is the same, the VTd tables will be unnecessarily flushed.
> 
> old_entry is left untouched in the second case, since having a present
> old_entry will cause the an unnecessary check to be taken at the end
> of the function.
> 
> Spotted-by: Zhang, Peng Fei <zpfalpc23@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.

Tim.

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Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Principal Software Engineer, Xen Platform Team
Citrix Systems UK Ltd.  (Company #02937203, SL9 0BG)

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