Re: Can Xen VMM or dom0 see the console input to certain domU?

[Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>]

Xin Zhao wrote:

>Thanks a lot! Your answer exactly addressed my question. :) Can you point
>out the exact place that forwards user input to DomU via TCP socket in
>Xend?  I might want to deploy a module in Dom0 to inspect the user inputs
>(both keyboard and mouse) to DomU.
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tools/python/xen/xend/server/console.py

Where you hook things depends on your app.  produceRequests() is 
probably a good place to start.

Regards,
Anthony Liguori

>cheers,
>-x
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>On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Anthony Liguori wrote:
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>>Xin Zhao wrote:
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>>>Also, looks like the network traffic is bridged at dom0, does that mean
>>>dom0 can see all the network traffic to all domU?
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>>I'm not sure I fully understand your questions.
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>>dom0 feeds each domU's console input.  The current source of that input
>>is a TCP socket via Xend.
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>>All network traffic is funnelled through the network device's backend
>>which currently lives in dom0.
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>>>If the answers to the two questions above are "yes", can someone point me
>>>to the right place in source codes that bridge user terminal inputs and
>>>network traffic?
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>>It depends on what you're trying to do.  If you want to do some sort of
>>traffic shaping or routing the normal Linux hooks should work in dom0.
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>>If you want to trap console input, you're probably going to be looking
>>in Xend.
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>>Regards,
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>>>Many thanks!
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>>>-x
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