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xen-devel
Re: [Xen-devel] Paravirtualization of the "HLT" instruction (for example
On 12 Jan 2006, at 10:39, Ian Brown wrote:
1) Can you please give a pointer to where in code (xen 3.0) such
privileged
instruction is replaced
with a trap to the hypervisor ? (I have some assumption where it is
done
but I am really not sure at all)
xen_idle() in arch/xen/i386/process.c. Uses the SCHEDOP_block
hypercall, which is a fairly direct replacement for HLT.
2) Regarding HLT - what happens if a guest OS issue "HLT" ?
I assume that without intervention in Xen code, issuing HLT from a
guest domain can stop not only the guest domain, but also the
hypervisor (and in fact the machine).
is there somewhere in code special treatment to "HLT"?
HLT is only executable in ring 0. If the guest tries to execute it then
it will receive a general protection fault.
-- Keir
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