Re: [Xen-devel] Reading xen-syms

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 23:43 +0100, Ashwini Bhat wrote:
> Thanks Tim. But Im looking to get hold of the symbols without help
> from the hypervisor.

But originally you said: "how can I read the values in xen-syms from the
hypervisor.". Now you say without the help of the hypervisor.

Which is it? What is your actual aim?

Ian.

> 
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:06 AM, Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>         Hi,
>         
>         
>         At 16:08 -0700 on 20 Jun (1308586099), Ashwini Bhat wrote:
>         > If I am not wrong, xen-syms holds the symbols for the
>         hypervisor?
>         > Isnt it loaded in memory ? If yes, how can i get hold of it
>          ? If not from
>         > where can I read symbol addresses?
>         > If so, how can I read the values in xen-syms from the
>         hypervisor.
>         
>         
>         xen-syms isn't loaded at all; it's just provided so you can
>         use tools
>         like gdb on it.  Inside the hypervisor, you can look up the
>         symbols with
>         the symbols_lookup() function.
>         
>         Tim.
>         
>         --
>         Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>         Principal Software Engineer, Xen Platform Team
>         Citrix Systems UK Ltd.  (Company #02937203, SL9 0BG)
> 
> 



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