Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH, RFC] Add sysctl to HVM hypercall table

[Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/08/2010 11:38 AM, Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 08/09/2010 08:20, "Daniel De Graaf" <dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> The sysctl hypercall should be callable from HVM guests.
> 
> Why?
> 
>  K.

I would like to be able to call xc_domain_getinfolist from an HVM driver
domain. This uses the XEN_SYSCTL_getdomaininfolist sysctl.

>>
>> It may be useful to add all (or almost all) hypercalls to the HVM
>> hypercall table, rather than adding them one at a time when it is found
>> that a useful one is missing. While a few hypercalls don't make sense
>> when calling from HVM, any call that can interact with global xen state
>> or another domain could be useful to an HVM driver domain. Thoughts?
> 
> 


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Daniel De Graaf
National Security Agency

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