On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 03:38:03PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote: > * x86 PV and ARM dom0's must not clear _VPF_down from v->pause_flags until > all state is actually set up. As it currently stands, d0v0 is eligible for > scheduling before its registers have been set. This is latent as we also > hold a systemcontroller pause reference at the time which prevents d0 from > being scheduled. > > * x86 PVH dom0's must set v->is_initialised on d0v0, to prevent another vcpu > being able to call VCPUOP_initialise and modify state under the feet of the > running vcpu. This is latent as PVH dom0 construction don't yet function. >
While I think this patch is a good idea, the above paragraph confuses me: I did boot PVH Dom0 at one point so it did function; I also never triggered a bug like the one described here. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
