RE: [Xen-devel] HVM hypercalls

[Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Xen only allows certain hypercalls from an HVM guest
and the list is kept in tables in arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c.
See http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-unstable.hg?rev/72c6228b5f0f 
for an example of adding an existing hypercall so that
it will be sent through to Xen.  Note that there is
no guarantee that any particular hypercall will work
properly from an HVM guest... this is just the mechanism
for getting a hypercall to be allowed by Xen.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ruslan Nikolaev [mailto:nruslan_devel@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:23 PM
> To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-devel] HVM hypercalls
> 
> Hi
> 
> I need to use hypercalls from HVM domain (e.g.
> HYPERVISOR_add_to_physmap). However, it does not work when I am trying
> to invoke it from HVM Linux guest. Basically, I don't see that anything
> happens on hypervisor's side. I also grep'ed the guest code for
> 'vmmcall'/'vmcall' and did not find anything. Is it possible to do it
> at all? Is it possible to make hypercalls from HVM domains or are they
> simply used for tools responsible to load HVM domain? Also, are they
> allowed (if allowed at all) from stubdom, ioemu, or both
> configurations?
> 
> I am using latest Xen version (xen-4.0.1-rc). I also tried both
> official Linux distribution as an HVM domain and the version from Xen
> repositary. The computer has Nehalem processor with VMX.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ruslan.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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