From: venkatram867@gmail.com (Ram Tummala)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: How can I change cr0 register in redhat system
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:49:35 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <-6574249348144482851@unknownmsgid> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPihQtsduGcSV16ood+nHXBZEcYXNBx45pX9s87mLekXt_vQuA@mail.gmail.com>
On Jul 23, 2012, at 9:32 AM, Fan Yang <lljyangfan@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi all:
> when I change the cr0 register I get a "Segmentation fault (core dumped)".
> my code is :
>
>
> .data
> .text
> .global _start
> _start:
> movl %eax, %cr0
>
> this code can work well in ubuntu system when I use root to run it. So what can I do to work it in redhat system?
Changing a control register is a privileged operation. You can't do it
from the user space. You can only do it from ring 0.
Venkatram Tummala
>
> thanks
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-23 4:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-23 4:00 How can I change cr0 register in redhat system Fan Yang
2012-07-23 4:19 ` Ram Tummala [this message]
2012-07-23 8:37 ` siddharth saxena
2012-07-23 11:40 ` Jonathan Neuschäfer
[not found] ` <219833562776487968@unknownmsgid>
2012-07-23 13:38 ` Fan Yang
2012-07-23 14:01 ` Jonathan Neuschäfer
2012-07-23 17:38 ` Ram Tummala
2012-07-24 2:05 ` Peter Teoh
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