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Re: [Xen-devel] Grant Tables between dom0 and domU?


  • To: "Mark Williamson" <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: "pradeep singh rautela" <rautelap@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:49:51 +0530
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On 4/18/07, Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Subsequent lines suggest mechanism sharing between only unpriviliged
> domains.
>
> Can grant tables be used for this capability based shared memory
> communication between dom0 and domUs?

Yes, using grant tables is an unprivileged operation so any domain can use it
(well, HVM is limited in this respect) - dom0 and domU can share memory if
appropriate.

Thank you, that cleared my doubt.

~psr 

This is used by the split Io drivers, etc.

Cheers,
Mark

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