From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Durrant Subject: Re: Should PV frontend drivers trust the backends? Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 08:16:52 +0000 Message-ID: <4362ba517ffe472993de65d4a7d46e27@AMSPEX02CL03.citrite.net> References: <9ab3e669-787b-ef4d-b672-9bbf5dcb5f14@suse.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from all-amaz-eas1.inumbo.com ([34.197.232.57]) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1fBc5J-0002rZ-4c for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2018 08:16:57 +0000 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: 'Oleksandr Andrushchenko' , 'Juergen Gross' , xen-devel List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org PiAtLS0tLU9yaWdpbmFsIE1lc3NhZ2UtLS0tLQ0KPiBGcm9tOiBPbGVrc2FuZHIgQW5kcnVzaGNo ZW5rbyBbbWFpbHRvOmFuZHIyMDAwQGdtYWlsLmNvbV0NCj4gU2VudDogMjYgQXByaWwgMjAxOCAw NzowMA0KPiBUbzogUGF1bCBEdXJyYW50IDxQYXVsLkR1cnJhbnRAY2l0cml4LmNvbT47ICdKdWVy 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