Intel Virtualisation: How VT-X, KVM and QEMU Work Together
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HN comment orderThere is a real lack of good textbooks on modern virtualization techniques and hardware. Would be interested to hear any recommendations in case I've missed something.
I haven't read this article yet, but this is more or less the best moment to showcase you guys what a friend of mine made. I think it's really cool. He created a memory allocator in which it is impossible to create dangling pointers. He used it by becoming the kernel through Intel VT-x (i.e. he uses ring 0). He uses libdune for this, which in turn uses Intel VT-x. Check it out at: https://dangless.gaborkozar.me/ I'm going to write an…
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-14 | How Intel Virtualisation WorksFirst breakout | bytefire | 160 | 30 |
| 2020-05-03 | Intel Virtualisation: How VT-X, KVM and QEMU Work TogetherBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | Foe | 198 | 23 |
| 2022-03-17 | Intel Virtualisation: How VT-X, KVM and QEMU Work Together (2018) | graderjs | 1 | 0 |