Re: [Xen-devel] Can't map the page referenced by HVM-DomU CR3 in Dom0

[Keir Fraser <keir.xen@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 19/04/2011 22:58, "david" <david_n@xxxxxx> wrote:

>> xc_translate_foreign_address() will convert a guest virtual address into a
>> guest physical address. It's not working out for you because guest cr3
>> values are already guest physical addresses. Thus the virtual-to-physical
>> conversion you subject the values to is meaningless.
> 
> ahhh, .. I see. I thought the translation is between guest physical and
> real physical address.

The toolstack deals entirely with guest physical addresses for HVM guests.
There's actually no way, and no need, to find out the underlying real
physical addresses.

> The way to calculate the correct physical frame
> number is cr3 >> PAGE_SHIFT corresponding to xen_cr3_to_pfn(cr3) in
> public/arch-x86/xen-x86_64.h, right?

Yes, although strictly speaking the xen_cr3_to_pfn() macro is intended to be
used only with PV guests' cr3 values (the x86_32 version of that macro is
not suitable for use with HVM cr3 values). Consider an HVM guest in 32-bit
PAE mode -- its CR3 value may not be page aligned.

 -- Keir



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