diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..06f5fec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 /target
+/.idea
+/.vscode
diff --git a/crates/xen/xenplatform/src/boot.rs b/crates/xen/xenplatform/src/boot.rs
index 58d184d..b766846 100644
--- a/crates/xen/xenplatform/src/boot.rs
+++ b/crates/xen/xenplatform/src/boot.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ impl BootDomain {
         }
 
         let local_page_size: u32 = (1i64 << XEN_PAGE_SHIFT) as u32;
-        let pages = (size + local_page_size as u64 - 1) / local_page_size as u64;
+        let pages = size.div_ceil(local_page_size as u64);
         let start = self.virt_alloc_end;
 
         let mut segment = DomainSegment {
diff --git a/crates/xen/xenstore/examples/list.rs b/crates/xen/xenstore/examples/list.rs
index cd564d9..bbd6922 100644
--- a/crates/xen/xenstore/examples/list.rs
+++ b/crates/xen/xenstore/examples/list.rs
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ async fn list_recursive(client: &XsdClient, path: &str) -> Result<()> {
         let children = client.list(path).await?;
         for child in children {
             let full = format!("{}/{}", if path == "/" { "" } else { path }, child);
-            let value = client
-                .read_string(full.as_str())
-                .await?
-                .expect("expected value");
-            println!("{} = {:?}", full, value,);
+            let value = client.read(full.as_str()).await?.expect("expected value");
+            let stringified = match String::from_utf8(value) {
+                Ok(string) => format!("\"{}\"", string),
+                Err(error) => format!("{:?}", error.into_bytes()),
+            };
+            println!("{} = {}", full, stringified);
             pending.push(full);
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/xen/xenstore/src/error.rs b/crates/xen/xenstore/src/error.rs
index 7bdb85a..4c1b86a 100644
--- a/crates/xen/xenstore/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/xen/xenstore/src/error.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ impl Error {
             _ => false,
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn is_again_response(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            Error::ResponseError(message) => message == "EAGAIN",
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
diff --git a/crates/xen/xenstore/src/lib.rs b/crates/xen/xenstore/src/lib.rs
index 5749110..95cd1d7 100644
--- a/crates/xen/xenstore/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/xen/xenstore/src/lib.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,27 @@ impl Drop for XsdWatchHandle {
     }
 }
 
+pub struct XsdMultiWatchHandle {
+    pub paths: Vec<String>,
+    pub id: u32,
+    unwatch_sender: Sender<(u32, String)>,
+    pub receiver: Receiver<String>,
+}
+
+impl XsdMultiWatchHandle {
+    pub fn add_path(&mut self, path: impl AsRef<str>) {
+        self.paths.push(path.as_ref().to_string());
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for XsdMultiWatchHandle {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        for path in &self.paths {
+            let _ = self.unwatch_sender.try_send((self.id, path.clone()));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[allow(async_fn_in_trait)]
 pub trait XsdInterface {
     async fn list<P: AsRef<str>>(&self, path: P) -> Result<Vec<String>>;
@@ -141,7 +162,7 @@ impl XsdClient {
             }
             return Err(error);
         }
-        result.unwrap().parse_bool()
+        result?.parse_bool()
     }
 
     async fn set_perms<P: AsRef<str>>(
@@ -197,6 +218,16 @@ impl XsdClient {
         response.parse_bool()
     }
 
+    pub async fn create_multi_watch(&self) -> Result<XsdMultiWatchHandle> {
+        let (id, receiver, unwatch_sender) = self.socket.add_watch().await?;
+        Ok(XsdMultiWatchHandle {
+            paths: vec![],
+            id,
+            receiver,
+            unwatch_sender,
+        })
+    }
+
     pub async fn create_watch<P: AsRef<str>>(&self, path: P) -> Result<XsdWatchHandle> {
         let (id, receiver, unwatch_sender) = self.socket.add_watch().await?;
         Ok(XsdWatchHandle {
@@ -319,6 +350,20 @@ impl XsdTransaction {
             .parse_bool()
     }
 
+    pub async fn maybe_commit(&self) -> Result<bool> {
+        match self.end(false).await {
+            Ok(result) => Ok(result),
+
+            Err(error) => {
+                if error.is_again_response() {
+                    Ok(false)
+                } else {
+                    Err(error)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     pub async fn commit(&self) -> Result<bool> {
         self.end(false).await
     }