linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/13] xen: check pre-allocated page tables for conflict with memory map

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Message-ID: <54EC1E13.5020108@suse.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Feb 2015 07:45:39 +0100
From:	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:	David Vrabel <dvrabel@...tab.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
	david.vrabel@...rix.com, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/13] xen: check pre-allocated page tables
 for conflict with memory map

On 02/19/2015 06:37 PM, David Vrabel wrote:
>
>
> On 18/02/2015 06:52, Juergen Gross wrote:
>> Check whether the page tables built by the domain builder are at
>> memory addresses which are in conflict with the target memory map.
>> If this is the case just panic instead of running into problems
>> later.
>
> Again, what ensures this never actually happens?

Same answer as before: nothing.

Juergen

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