[PATCH 2/4] Drivers: hv: Support the newly introduced KVP messages in the driver

Dan Carpenter dan.carpenter at oracle.com
Fri Mar 16 05:38:29 UTC 2012


On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:36:16PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> 
> Dan, 
> 
> Sorry I could not get back to you earlier. You are right, in that I am trusting
> the host! I am of the firm belief that in a virtualized environment, if you don't trust
> the host, there is not a whole lot you can do in a guest! I have had this arguments 
> with other on this mailing list in the past. Having said that, I think we have spent more
> time debating this than we should; your proposal is reasonable and I will go ahead and
> re-spin those patches based on your comments. I should be posting them shortly.
> 
> Regards,

It's not about trusting the host or not trusting the host.  It's
about "if you're going to specify a limitter, it can't be off by one
even if you don't expect to hit the limit".

But thanks for redoing these.

regards,
dan carpenter

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