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Re: [Xen-devel] Missing checks for xc_map_foreign_range() failure

To: Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Missing checks for xc_map_foreign_range() failure
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:11:33 +0100
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On 31/8/07 15:06, "Markus Armbruster" <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Other, more naive uses would profit from a less awkward convenience
> function that either succeeds completely or fails completely.  As far
> as I can see, these uses all neglect to check for the second failure
> mode so far.  Potential crash bugs.

Yes, that makes sense. Are you proposing to make a patch?

 -- Keir



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