From: Ian Jackson Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 12:35:07 +0000 (+0100) Subject: xentoolcore_restrict_all: Declare problems due to no evtchn support X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/4.11.1-1+rpi1~1^2~66^2~1149 X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=83b191eaa1947e25bd93319c2d88827f1c1a3a08;p=xen.git xentoolcore_restrict_all: Declare problems due to no evtchn support Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson Acked-by: Wei Liu --- diff --git a/tools/libs/toolcore/include/xentoolcore.h b/tools/libs/toolcore/include/xentoolcore.h index 32e2af1c00..93eaf237ea 100644 --- a/tools/libs/toolcore/include/xentoolcore.h +++ b/tools/libs/toolcore/include/xentoolcore.h @@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ * Arranges that Xen library handles (fds etc.) which are currently held * by Xen libraries, can no longer be used other than to affect domid. * + * Does not prevent effects that amount only to + * - denial of service, possibly host-wide, by resource exhaustion etc. + * - leak of not-very-interesting metainformation about other domains + * eg, specifically, event channel signals relating to other domains + * * If this cannot be achieved, returns -1 and sets errno. * If called again with the same domid, it may succeed, or it may * fail (even though such a call is potentially meaningful).