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Re: [Xen-devel] Acquire uuid of user domain X from Dom0

To: Jacob Gorm Hansen <jacobg@xxxxxxx>, Liran Schour <LIRANS@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Acquire uuid of user domain X from Dom0
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:00:07 +0100
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On 11/9/06 6:01 pm, "Jacob Gorm Hansen" <jacobg@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>> How can I read it from xenstore as I can see from examples in the code
>> xenstore API inside the kernel, like xenbus_read, assumes that we are
>> already inside the path /local/domain/X ( X = 0 ) and I need information
>> about domain Y. Any ideas?
> 
> I am be wrong here, but I don't think you are supposed to use the UUID
> inside the kernel, as this is a Xend-only construct.

It is available, with the caveat that its semantics across things like
save/restore is not really well-defined (what happens if a VM forks, for
example).

 -- Keir



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