Re: [PATCH -v2 3/8] kexec jump: check code size in control page

From: Vivek Goyal
Date: Fri Aug 08 2008 - 10:10:49 EST


On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 02:52:36PM +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> Kexec/Kexec-jump require code size in control page is less than
> PAGE_SIZE/2. This patch add link-time checking for this.
>
> ASSERT() of ld link script is used as the link-time checking
> mechanism.
>
> Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_32.S | 10 +++++++---
> arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S | 2 ++
> arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_check_32.lds.S | 7 +++++++
> include/asm-x86/kexec.h | 4 ++++
> 5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
> @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
> }
>
> control_page = page_address(image->control_code_page);
> - memcpy(control_page, relocate_kernel, PAGE_SIZE/2);
> + memcpy(control_page, relocate_kernel, KEXEC_CONTROL_CODE_MAX_SIZE);
>
> relocate_kernel_ptr = control_page;
> page_list[PA_CONTROL_PAGE] = __pa(control_page);
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_32.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_32.S
> @@ -20,10 +20,11 @@
> #define PAGE_ATTR (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_DIRTY)
> #define PAE_PGD_ATTR (_PAGE_PRESENT)
>
> -/* control_page + PAGE_SIZE/2 ~ control_page + PAGE_SIZE * 3/4 are
> - * used to save some data for jumping back
> +/* control_page + KEXEC_CONTROL_CODE_MAX_SIZE
> + * ~ control_page + PAGE_SIZE * 3/4 are used to save some data for
> + * jumping back
> */

Hi Huang,

Above comment is not very clear. Can you please elaborate it. I thought
that PAGE_SIZE/2 is used for control code and rest half is shared between
kjump data and stack. What is PAGE_SIZE *3/4?


> -#define DATA(offset) (PAGE_SIZE/2+(offset))
> +#define DATA(offset) (KEXEC_CONTROL_CODE_MAX_SIZE+(offset))
>
> /* Minimal CPU state */
> #define ESP DATA(0x0)
> @@ -376,3 +377,6 @@ swap_pages:
> popl %ebx
> popl %ebp
> ret
> +
> + .globl kexec_control_code_size
> +.set kexec_control_code_size, . - relocate_kernel
> --- a/include/asm-x86/kexec.h
> +++ b/include/asm-x86/kexec.h
> @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
> # define PAGES_NR 17
> #endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> +# define KEXEC_CONTROL_CODE_MAX_SIZE 2048
> +#endif
> +
> #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
>
> #include <linux/string.h>
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
> @@ -209,3 +209,5 @@ SECTIONS
>
> DWARF_DEBUG
> }
> +
> +#include "vmlinux_check_32.lds.S"
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_check_32.lds.S
> @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
> +/*
> + * Link time checks
> + */
> +
> +#include <asm/kexec.h>
> +
> +ASSERT(kexec_control_code_size <= KEXEC_CONTROL_CODE_MAX_SIZE, "kexec control code size is too big")

Will it make sense to move it into vmlinux_32.lds.S itself? Creating a separate
file for a single check seems superfluous.

Thanks
Vivek
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