Re: [Xen-devel] Re: mm.c:777:d2 Non-privileged (2) attempt to map I/O space 000f995a + (XEN) mm.c:845:d20 Error getting mfn jd (pfn 84fd) from L1 entry 800000000246d467 for l1e_owner=20, pg_owner=32753

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> I recommend against 3).
> 
> 2.6.18's xenfb doesn't rely on deferred I/O, because that didn't exist
> then.  It rolls its own code to do pretty much the same.  The code is
> hairy (it took us a few iterations to get it working reliably), and
> there's still a race left in it[*].  It makes much more sense to solve
> such a hairy problem in just one place (fb_defio.c), and make that
> sufficiently capable for all uses.  Moreover, I'd wager that in-tree
> fb_defio.c has been reviewed much more thoroughly than the out-of-tree
> 2.6.18 xenfb.c.

Wow. Thanks for saving me from going into that rat-hole! Will definitly
look at the 1a) solution.

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