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From: Big Strong <fangtuo90@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: handle virtualization exception
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 20:35:30 +0800
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To handle this system reserved exception, should I modify the linux kernel
instead of using loadable kernel module? Is there any suggestions?

2016-06-01 11:08 GMT+08:00 Big Strong <fangtuo90@gmail.com>:

> Virtualization exception is a fault exception caused by specific type of
> EPT violations. The vector is 20, which is not defined in linux kernel
> (traps.h), also no exception handling function is defined (traps.c). So is
> there any way to implement it as a LKM? As it is needed to
> set virtualization-exception information area and virtualization exception
> handler ((for example, by executing the EPTP-switching VM function), it is
> inflexible to implement it in linux kernel directly.
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">To handle this system reserved exception, should I modify =
the linux kernel instead of using loadable kernel module? Is there any sugg=
estions?</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">201=
6-06-01 11:08 GMT+08:00 Big Strong <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:=
fangtuo90@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">fangtuo90@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span>:<=
br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left=
:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Virtualization exception=
 is a fault exception caused by specific type of EPT violations. The vector=
 is 20, which is not defined in linux kernel (traps.h), also no exception h=
andling function is defined (traps.c). So is there any way to implement it =
as a LKM? As it is needed to set=C2=A0virtualization-exception information =
area and=C2=A0virtualization exception handler ((for example, by executing =
the EPTP-switching VM function), it is inflexible to implement it in linux =
kernel directly.</div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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