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[Xen-devel] question about system call mechanism in xen

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Subject: [Xen-devel] question about system call mechanism in xen
From: "Zang Hongyong" <zanghongyong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:02:39 +0800
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hi,
  I'm interested in system call mechanism in Xen. My understanding (guess) as 
follows.
   1)When user application makes a system call, a "int 80" will occur. 
   2)Then trap to Ring 0 (Which is hypervisor's location). 
   3)Then hypervisor redirect it to Guest OS's kernel to do system call 
operation.
   4)Then back to Ring 0
   5)back to user appliction

  Is that true?
  Where can I get documents about this question in detail?

thanks in advance


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