Re: [Xen-devel] Getting the GFN

[Keir Fraser <keir.xen@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 23/04/2011 19:28, "Lakshitha Harshan" <harshan.dll@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have some questions regarding Memory management in Xen.
> 
> I have bit confusion on the return value xc_translate_foreign_address()
> function. As I think it returns MFN (on HVM guests) which contains that
> address? AM I correct?

No it returns GFN, for an HVM guest.

> Is there a way to get the GFNs  of given memory addresses? For example if I
> want to get the GFNs of memory pages which contains kernel code of the guest,
> how can
> I get these GFNson HVM guests  by using the addresses (i.e 0xc07c76e0)?

Using xc_translate_foreign_address().

> What is the address format in 64-bit VMs?

What do you think? Same as 32-bit addresses but 64 bits wide rather than 32
bits wide.

 -- Keir

> For example I can get a productive
> output from xc_translate_foreign_address() by supplying address like
> 0xc0cccccc for 32-bit HVM guests. 
> But what is the format of the address which should be passed
> to xc_translate_foreign_address() in 64-bit VMs?

> Can someone please clarify me above questions? Thanks a lot.
> 
> Regards,
> Harshan
> 
> 
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