linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/GIT PULL] Linux KVM tool for v3.2

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Message-ID: <4EBB9E66.1070609@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:50:30 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
CC:	Markus Armbruster <armbru@...hat.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [RFC/GIT PULL] Linux KVM tool for v3.2

On 11/10/2011 11:49 AM, Sasha Levin wrote:
> >
> > It does, but the hypervisor can only access the guest's images, and a
> > few internal files (like the qemu-kvm executable and its libraries).
>
> What about devices? You let the guest read and write to devices as
> well (/dev/kvm for example, or network devices).

They're all protected.  /dev/kvm is obviously rw for anyone, but it
can't be used to transfer information.

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