Document XenStore's new SET_TARGET message
authorKeir Fraser <keir.fraser@citrix.com>
Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:20:31 +0000 (10:20 +0000)
committerKeir Fraser <keir.fraser@citrix.com>
Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:20:31 +0000 (10:20 +0000)
Signed-off-by: Ryan O'Connor <colossus@interchange.ubc.ca>
docs/misc/xenstore.txt

index 90632863dfa0225a8c848e55a95c7f6aac099e3d..baf2c42dc0e4f31ee76d921099fa4860eb7a87bf 100644 (file)
@@ -296,6 +296,16 @@ RESUME                     <domid>|
 
        xenstored prevents the use of RESUME other than by dom0.
 
+SET_TARGET             <domid>|<tdomid>|
+       Notifies xenstored that domain <domid> is targeting domain
+       <tdomid>. This grants domain <domid> full access to paths
+       owned by <tdomid>. Domain <domid> also inherits all
+       permissions granted to <tdomid> on all other paths. This
+       allows <domid> to behave as if it were dom0 when modifying
+       paths related to <tdomid>.
+
+       xenstored prevents the use of SET_TARGET other than by dom0.
+
 ---------- Miscellaneous ----------
 
 DEBUG                  print|<string>|??           sends <string> to debug log