[PATCH v2 1/9] xen/x86: prevent PVH type from getting clobbered

From: Jan Beulich
Date: Thu Sep 30 2021 - 08:16:26 EST


Like xen_start_flags, xen_domain_type gets set before .bss gets cleared.
Hence this variable also needs to be prevented from getting put in .bss,
which is possible because XEN_NATIVE is an enumerator evaluating to
zero. Any use prior to init_hvm_pv_info() setting the variable again
would lead to wrong decisions; one such case is xenboot_console_setup()
when called as a result of "earlyprintk=xen".

Use __ro_after_init as more applicable than either __section(".data") or
__read_mostly.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>

--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct vcpu_info, xen_vcp
DEFINE_PER_CPU(uint32_t, xen_vcpu_id);
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(xen_vcpu_id);

-enum xen_domain_type xen_domain_type = XEN_NATIVE;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xen_domain_type);
-
unsigned long *machine_to_phys_mapping = (void *)MACH2PHYS_VIRT_START;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(machine_to_phys_mapping);
unsigned long machine_to_phys_nr;
@@ -69,9 +66,11 @@ __read_mostly int xen_have_vector_callba
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xen_have_vector_callback);

/*
- * NB: needs to live in .data because it's used by xen_prepare_pvh which runs
- * before clearing the bss.
+ * NB: These need to live in .data or alike because they're used by
+ * xen_prepare_pvh() which runs before clearing the bss.
*/
+enum xen_domain_type __ro_after_init xen_domain_type = XEN_NATIVE;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xen_domain_type);
uint32_t xen_start_flags __section(".data") = 0;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(xen_start_flags);