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From: Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] linux-user: Turn gdt_table into local
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Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:11:17 +0100
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Cc: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>

On Sunday 13 July 2008, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> qemu_malloc[z] does not return memory suited for direct guest access,
> but that is mandatory for gdt_table. Local host variables are safe, 

No they aren't.

Paul