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From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de>
To: Magnus Damm <magnus@valinux.co.jp>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
	fastboot@lists.osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH 03/03] kexec: Avoid overwriting the current pgd (V2, x86_64)
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 09:40:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4476B0F6.2000708@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1148545616.5793.180.camel@localhost>

> 1a. The C-code in xen_machine_kexec() performs a hypercall.
> 
> 1b. The hypervisor jumps to the assembly code.
> After prepare we've created a NX-safe mapping for the control page. We
> jump to that NX-safe address to transfer control to the assembly code.

This is about kexec'ing the physical machine, not the virtual machine,
right?

cheers,

  Gerd

-- 
Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de>
http://www.suse.de/~kraxel/julika-dora.jpeg

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-05-26  7:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-24  4:40 [PATCH 00/03] kexec: Avoid overwriting the current pgd (V2) Magnus Damm
2006-05-24  4:40 ` [PATCH 01/03] kexec: Avoid overwriting the current pgd (V2, stubs) Magnus Damm
2006-05-25  2:41   ` [Fastboot] " Eric W. Biederman
2006-05-25  3:45     ` Magnus Damm
2006-05-25  4:37       ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-05-25  7:11         ` Magnus Damm
2006-05-25 16:36           ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-05-26  2:23             ` Magnus Damm
2006-05-24  4:40 ` [PATCH 02/03] kexec: Avoid overwriting the current pgd (V2, i386) Magnus Damm
2006-05-24 22:58   ` Vivek Goyal
2006-05-25  2:14     ` Magnus Damm
2006-05-25  2:18     ` [Fastboot] " Eric W. Biederman
2006-05-25  2:38   ` [Fastboot] " Eric W. Biederman
2006-05-24  4:40 ` [PATCH 03/03] kexec: Avoid overwriting the current pgd (V2, x86_64) Magnus Damm
2006-05-25  2:50   ` [Fastboot] " Eric W. Biederman
2006-05-25  8:26     ` Magnus Damm
2006-05-25 15:21       ` Vivek Goyal
2006-05-26 10:42         ` Magnus Damm
2006-05-26 15:08           ` Vivek Goyal
2006-05-26 15:52             ` Magnus Damm
2006-05-25 16:01       ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-05-26  3:17         ` Magnus Damm
2006-05-26 16:32           ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-05-29  8:40             ` Magnus Damm
2006-05-31 17:19               ` Vivek Goyal
2006-05-26  7:40       ` Gerd Hoffmann [this message]
2006-05-26  9:02         ` Magnus Damm
2006-05-26  9:18           ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-05-26  9:29             ` Magnus Damm
2006-05-24 22:56 ` [PATCH 00/03] kexec: Avoid overwriting the current pgd (V2) Vivek Goyal
2006-05-25  2:09   ` Magnus Damm
2006-05-25  2:56     ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-05-25  3:30       ` Magnus Damm
2006-05-25  4:51         ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-05-25  7:29           ` [Fastboot] " Magnus Damm
2006-05-25 16:40             ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-05-26  1:57               ` Magnus Damm

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