Re: [Xen-devel] Xen-aware kernel module

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Since this code will be x86-specific anyway, you can use inline asm:

unsigned long ring;
asm ( "push %cs; pop %0; and $3,%0" : "=r" (ring) );

Or perhaps just look at the KERNEL_CS macro.

 -- Keir

On 21/11/07 00:30, "Steven Y. Ko" <sko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> (I'm not sure if this is an appropriate place to ask this question. I
> apologize, if it's not)
> 
> I'm trying to write a kernel module, that's sort of Xen-aware (or
> virtualisation-aware). I say "sort of", because what I actually need
> is checking the ring. Specifically, in my kernel module, I want to
> check which ring the code is running on (ring0, ring1, or even ring
> 3!), and behave differently. Does Xen provide any interface to do it?
> or is there any way to do it in a kernel module? Thanks for any help.
> 
> Regards,
> Steve
> 
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