From: PG <pg.lists@gmail.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, gioacchino.mendola@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Fw: Accessing guest memory from the host
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:25:47 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4986216B.5000002@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DFE1359BFEB8E94F90ABE64FCDB7765015AAEB24@bgsmsx502.gar.corp.intel.com>
Gioacchino Mendola wrote:
>
> I'm trying to access guest memory from the host machine (x86_64).
> In particular I would like to be able to find
> the "physical" memory addresses the host machine allocates for the guest vm.
> Is there any function in KVM that allows me to do that?
> Could any of you please help me clarify the subject
> or point me to some detailed documentation?
>
>
One way is to walk the host's page directory and page tables to map the
host linear address to host physical address, assuming you know how to
get the host linear address that kvm has allocated to the guest vm.
-pg
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2009-02-01 22:25 ` PG [this message]
2009-02-02 0:14 ` Fw: Accessing guest memory from the host Jun Koi
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