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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 10/11] libxl: Introduce specific username to be used as a reaper

To: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
From: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 17:59:58 +0000
Cc: Anthony Perard <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
Delivery-date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 18:00:11 +0000
List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

George Dunlap writes ("[PATCH v3 10/11] libxl: Introduce specific username to 
be used as a reaper"):
> Untrusted device models must be killed by uid rather than by pid for
> safety.  To do this reliably, we need another uid, not used for any
> other purpose, from which to make the kill system call.

Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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References:
- [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 01/11] libxl: Move dm user determination logic into a helper function
  - From: George Dunlap
- [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 10/11] libxl: Introduce specific username to be used as a reaper
  - From: George Dunlap

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