From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Charles Coffing" Subject: Re: Control tools work Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 07:56:54 -0600 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Christian.Limpach@cl.cam.ac.uk Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Christian, > [1] I think I'll make the control pipe and error/progress reporting=20 > filehandles function call arguments to make it easier to use=20 > {save,restore} when you link libxc into your application.=20 > Although I really think you want to run these in a seperate process = to=20 > isolate them from your main application.=C2=A0 If there's real demand = we=20 > could bring back something like ioctxt to give you callbacks for=20 > control/error/progress.=20 Is there a specific reason you suggest running these in a separate = process? I'm wondering if this is just a general preference because = isolation tends to be a good thing, or if you suspect, say, a maliciously = crafted domain could somehow crash the domain builder function. Thanks for your explanations, by the way. Charles