From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964961Ab2CPFgX (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:36:23 -0400 Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com ([141.146.126.227]:22586 "EHLO acsinet15.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752517Ab2CPFgV (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:36:21 -0400 Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:38:29 +0300 From: Dan Carpenter To: KY Srinivasan Cc: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" , "ohering@suse.com" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "virtualization@lists.osdl.org" , Alan Stern , "devel@linuxdriverproject.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] Drivers: hv: Support the newly introduced KVP messages in the driver Message-ID: <20120316053829.GG3163@mwanda> References: <1331422331-4381-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> <1331422331-4381-2-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> <20120311104230.GC3337@mwanda> <6E21E5352C11B742B20C142EB499E0481B75B403@TK5EX14MBXC122.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> <20120311184916.GD3337@mwanda> <6E21E5352C11B742B20C142EB499E0481B75D433@TK5EX14MBXC122.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> <20120312052221.GE3337@mwanda> <6E21E5352C11B742B20C142EB499E0481B75D4CE@TK5EX14MBXC122.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> <20120312130353.GF3337@mwanda> <6E21E5352C11B742B20C142EB499E0481B7663B1@TK5EX14MBXC126.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3xoW37o/FfUZJwQG" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6E21E5352C11B742B20C142EB499E0481B7663B1@TK5EX14MBXC126.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Source-IP: ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090206.4F62D14D.0045,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --3xoW37o/FfUZJwQG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:36:16PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote: >=20 > Dan,=20 >=20 > Sorry I could not get back to you earlier. You are right, in that I am tr= usting > the host! I am of the firm belief that in a virtualized environment, if y= ou don't trust > the host, there is not a whole lot you can do in a guest! I have had this= arguments=20 > with other on this mailing list in the past. Having said that, I think we= have spent more > time debating this than we should; your proposal is reasonable and I will= go ahead and > re-spin those patches based on your comments. I should be posting them sh= ortly. >=20 > Regards, It's not about trusting the host or not trusting the host. It's about "if you're going to specify a limitter, it can't be off by one even if you don't expect to hit the limit". But thanks for redoing these. regards, dan carpenter --3xoW37o/FfUZJwQG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPYtHVAAoJEOnZkXI/YHqR+iwQAIGXQLqYp2KkFKGuQYybNQVr 7HaKEsMy8ZD6af+BqhXR2xbUJilcIqy9XYjpWMsRWbtnSJgylttiZm5fJiqjXMmx 9DFMab2lzRKO/JsnAB70QBnZ+a5t2/znXOx2oM2kn/5rCd7MZvgDPqfaAa9UYC+W lgoEdcWy7ugHpLGSYS0iQH6ulQOxZp2c9MKnBTZKqbh6NN1GEBp7KNcrE0wLRdAX W3d6r9z6k97B3YU+Pbx1641q4eh3AigWUQOLhwag+JI9DgA8hDnzPK3iWY1IIbk9 REaV94Fbi3b2k3o8xkBaKcqyenScRF095EWqvmiYhR9B6tvpi6Wyh4bpnymPUz1b u63Q1C81VcpmgfhxYacFO90UfnOmXiLFr3FfiM8bJxY29ULrXcfdaCRTuS90RqQ3 hulzv/Duelgeva+LUWB8afQmHi+hwgPqAJeZ/Xbsj5PJP3XP7kE4zZ3hMJP+C8H4 QDD6WCZhmsBMwIXzSIZPIZUEYyOmq1F+1x84s7aNXq4FJMXfT8g/QiwrHCQ9LkIY 6kf2H+VkCC3/Vh4Z3zxVIzeZLm8MMdQYPnGZm8sxdQG4+heu5WSAIEESeR+/RNYt mQbJiOvk3e3FlTmyev+SwJL0+emTi8QFpxPGIcs2cL6Fm15mr+gVsjk/A6OR120v qBqOwk33iqOs9OkrqGBB =3ARM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3xoW37o/FfUZJwQG--