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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/16] xenpaging: reduce MINIMUM_RESTART_TIME



Olaf Hering writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/16] xenpaging: reduce 
MINIMUM_RESTART_TIME"):
> Too bad, this variable is only a bandaid because it doesnt know any
> context of the guest. And it cant know any context. When is a guest in a
> good or bad state? Should it panic, or crash? Its not easy to detect
> a bad condition.

Absolutely.  Also some guests may reboot rapidly the first time (or
two) eg due to fsck, and thereafter be fine.  It ought to be more
sophisticated.

> A better change would be to allow an override in the guest config file.

Yes :-).

Ian.

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