[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [Xen-devel] feature request - prevent user stupidity (eg mine)
>> (the type was that the same Dom0 block device is used twice in the >first >> example) >> >> Which was working great until I did a 'mkswap /dev/hda2' inside the >> domain, which really fscked things up :( >> >> Given that there is almost no way you would ever want to publish the >> same block device to the same virtual domain more than once, would >there >> be any value in flagging that as an error when you try and start the >> domain? > >I'm surprised that the existing block device safety checks don't pick up >on this, but I guess they're run before the guest is started rather than >before each virtual disk is attached. > >I certainly think there's a strong argument for protecting the user from >this kind of error, at least unless they've specified 'w!' and hence >indicated they want sharing. > >Anyone care to knock up a patch? Hi Ian, I already posted a patch. Could you comment about the patch? http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2007-06/msg00856.html Best regards, Kan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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