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Re: [Xen-devel] VM System Calls

To: Swapna Shingre <amuswaps@xxxxxxxxx>, Frederic Beck <frederic.beck@xxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] VM System Calls
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:39:33 +0000
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On 28/12/2008 06:17, "Swapna Shingre" <amuswaps@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Is this the only change I have to make to disable fast system calls? Because my system is working after I commented those two lines, but I am unable to understand how exactly the system calls work without these two lines. Does it go through do_general_protection fault ?

Yes.

 K.
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