Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] x86-64/xen: Enable the vvar mapping

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Wed Aug 03 2011 - 09:50:49 EST


On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 09:31:52AM -0400, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Xen needs to handle VVAR_PAGE, introduced in git commit:
> 9fd67b4ed0714ab718f1f9bd14c344af336a6df7
> x86-64: Give vvars their own page
>
> Otherwise we die during bootup with a message like:
>
> (XEN) mm.c:940:d10 Error getting mfn 1888 (pfn 1e3e48) from L1 entry
> 8000000001888465 for l1e_owner=10, pg_owner=10
> (XEN) mm.c:5049:d10 ptwr_emulate: could not get_page_from_l1e()
> [ 0.000000] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
> [ 0.000000] IP: [<ffffffff8103a930>] xen_set_pte+0x20/0xe0
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/xen/mmu.c | 4 +++-
> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
> index f987bde..8cce339 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
> @@ -1916,6 +1916,7 @@ static void xen_set_fixmap(unsigned idx, phys_addr_t phys, pgprot_t prot)
> # endif
> #else
> case VSYSCALL_LAST_PAGE ... VSYSCALL_FIRST_PAGE:
> + case VVAR_PAGE:
> #endif
> case FIX_TEXT_POKE0:
> case FIX_TEXT_POKE1:
> @@ -1956,7 +1957,8 @@ static void xen_set_fixmap(unsigned idx, phys_addr_t phys, pgprot_t prot)
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> /* Replicate changes to map the vsyscall page into the user
> pagetable vsyscall mapping. */
> - if (idx >= VSYSCALL_LAST_PAGE && idx <= VSYSCALL_FIRST_PAGE) {
> + if ((idx >= VSYSCALL_LAST_PAGE && idx <= VSYSCALL_FIRST_PAGE) ||
> + idx == VVAR_PAGE) {
> unsigned long vaddr = __fix_to_virt(idx);
> set_pte_vaddr_pud(level3_user_vsyscall, vaddr, pte);
> }
> --
> 1.7.6
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