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RE: [Xen-devel] How to get user domain UUID from dom0

To: "Fischer, Anna" <anna.fischer@xxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] How to get user domain UUID from dom0
From: Liran Schour <LIRANS@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:56:59 +0300
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"Fischer, Anna" <anna.fischer@xxxxxx> wrote on 25/09/2006 19:31:32:

> One option to get the UUID is to read it from the Xenstore. The Xenstore
> can be accessed in user space (using xenstore-read/write) and in kernel
> space using the kernel API. The API is defined in tools/xenstore/xs.h.
>
> All domains are indexed by their UUID in the Xenstore in the path /vm.
> There're different ways to find the UUID. If you have the domain ID then
> you can find the UUID under /local/domain/$DOMID/vm/$UUID.
>
> You might want to have a look in the Xenstore reference of the XenWiki.
> There's some sample code, too. Is that what you were looking for?
>

I need to get the UUID from kernel space. As I have noticed the kernel API
(xenbus_scanf) assumes you are already in /local/domain/0 and starts the
lookup from that point. I need to go back in the path to /local/domain/X I
don't know how to do this from kernel space.

- Liran


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