Jonathon
2009-Dec-03 17:53 UTC
[Xen-devel] Modifying Xen hypervisor... but first some questions :)
Hello all, I am currently performing a research project that involves modifying the Xen hypervisor to monitor how specific data is being manipulated within the VMs. I''ve just started looking at the architecture of Xen as well as briefly going over some of the source code. Before I go any further though, I''d like to ask a few questions: 1) How practical is it for me to implement this? I need to determine which exact files are being modified. My solution does not have to be a pure hypervisor-based solution. I could use paravirtualization to inspect the internals of the OS if necessary. 2) Has anyone done something similar? and if so, what are some of the challenges they''ve run up against using Xen? 3) Besides looking at the Xen wiki, Xen source code, and Xen documentation, are there other useful sources I can use? Thanks, J _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Jiang Wang
2009-Dec-03 17:59 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Modifying Xen hypervisor... but first some questions :)
Hi: I think you can look at XenAccess project. http://doc.xenaccess.org/index.html They also have a couple of papers for that. You may also use "virtual machine introspection" as the key words to google. Regards, Jiang On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Jonathon <thejunkjon@gmail.com> wrote:> Hello all, > > I am currently performing a research project that involves modifying > the Xen hypervisor to monitor how specific data is being manipulated > within the VMs. I''ve just started looking at the architecture of Xen > as well as briefly going over some of the source code. Before I go > any further though, I''d like to ask a few questions: > > 1) How practical is it for me to implement this? I need to determine > which exact files are being modified. My solution does not have to be > a pure hypervisor-based solution. I could use paravirtualization to > inspect the internals of the OS if necessary. > 2) Has anyone done something similar? and if so, what are some of the > challenges they''ve run up against using Xen? > 3) Besides looking at the Xen wiki, Xen source code, and Xen > documentation, are there other useful sources I can use? > > Thanks, > J > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel