Re: [PATCH 1/2] xen/hypercall: fix hypercall fallback code for veryold hypervisors

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Tue Oct 30 2012 - 13:37:32 EST


On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:08:17AM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>
> While copying the argument structures in HYPERVISOR_event_channel_op()
> and HYPERVISOR_physdev_op() into the local variable is sufficiently
> safe even if the actual structure is smaller than the container one,
> copying back eventual output values the same way isn't: This may
> collide with on-stack variables (particularly "rc") which may change
> between the first and second memcpy() (i.e. the second memcpy() could
> discard that change).
>
> Move the fallback code into out-of-line functions, and handle all of
> the operations known by this old a hypervisor individually: Some don't
> require copying back anything at all, and for the rest use the
> individual argument structures' sizes rather than the container's.
>
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> [v2: Reduce #define/#undef usage in HYPERVISOR_physdev_op_compat().]
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

And it looks like I get

ERROR: "HYPERVISOR_event_channel_op_compat" [drivers/xen/xen-evtchn.ko] undefined!

when I build xen-evtchn as module. Jan did you encounter this issue on 2.6.18?
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h | 21 +++------
> drivers/xen/Makefile | 2 +-
> drivers/xen/fallback.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 drivers/xen/fallback.c
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h
> index 59c226d..c812360 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h
> @@ -359,18 +359,14 @@ HYPERVISOR_update_va_mapping(unsigned long va, pte_t new_val,
> return _hypercall4(int, update_va_mapping, va,
> new_val.pte, new_val.pte >> 32, flags);
> }
> +int __must_check HYPERVISOR_event_channel_op_compat(int, void *);
>
> static inline int
> HYPERVISOR_event_channel_op(int cmd, void *arg)
> {
> int rc = _hypercall2(int, event_channel_op, cmd, arg);
> - if (unlikely(rc == -ENOSYS)) {
> - struct evtchn_op op;
> - op.cmd = cmd;
> - memcpy(&op.u, arg, sizeof(op.u));
> - rc = _hypercall1(int, event_channel_op_compat, &op);
> - memcpy(arg, &op.u, sizeof(op.u));
> - }
> + if (unlikely(rc == -ENOSYS))
> + rc = HYPERVISOR_event_channel_op_compat(cmd, arg);
> return rc;
> }
>
> @@ -386,17 +382,14 @@ HYPERVISOR_console_io(int cmd, int count, char *str)
> return _hypercall3(int, console_io, cmd, count, str);
> }
>
> +int __must_check HYPERVISOR_physdev_op_compat(int, void *);
> +
> static inline int
> HYPERVISOR_physdev_op(int cmd, void *arg)
> {
> int rc = _hypercall2(int, physdev_op, cmd, arg);
> - if (unlikely(rc == -ENOSYS)) {
> - struct physdev_op op;
> - op.cmd = cmd;
> - memcpy(&op.u, arg, sizeof(op.u));
> - rc = _hypercall1(int, physdev_op_compat, &op);
> - memcpy(arg, &op.u, sizeof(op.u));
> - }
> + if (unlikely(rc == -ENOSYS))
> + rc = HYPERVISOR_physdev_op_compat(cmd, arg);
> return rc;
> }
>
> diff --git a/drivers/xen/Makefile b/drivers/xen/Makefile
> index 0e863703..46de6cd 100644
> --- a/drivers/xen/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/xen/Makefile
> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARM),y)
> obj-y += manage.o balloon.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU) += cpu_hotplug.o
> endif
> -obj-y += grant-table.o features.o events.o
> +obj-y += grant-table.o features.o events.o fallback.o
> obj-y += xenbus/
>
> nostackp := $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)
> diff --git a/drivers/xen/fallback.c b/drivers/xen/fallback.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..0bdc468
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/xen/fallback.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#include <linux/string.h>
> +#include <linux/bug.h>
> +#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
> +#include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
> +
> +int HYPERVISOR_event_channel_op_compat(int cmd, void *arg)
> +{
> + struct evtchn_op op;
> + int rc;
> +
> + op.cmd = cmd;
> + memcpy(&op.u, arg, sizeof(op.u));
> + rc = _hypercall1(int, event_channel_op_compat, &op);
> +
> + switch (cmd) {
> + case EVTCHNOP_close:
> + case EVTCHNOP_send:
> + case EVTCHNOP_bind_vcpu:
> + case EVTCHNOP_unmask:
> + /* no output */
> + break;
> +
> +#define COPY_BACK(eop) \
> + case EVTCHNOP_##eop: \
> + memcpy(arg, &op.u.eop, sizeof(op.u.eop)); \
> + break
> +
> + COPY_BACK(bind_interdomain);
> + COPY_BACK(bind_virq);
> + COPY_BACK(bind_pirq);
> + COPY_BACK(status);
> + COPY_BACK(alloc_unbound);
> + COPY_BACK(bind_ipi);
> +#undef COPY_BACK
> +
> + default:
> + WARN_ON(rc != -ENOSYS);
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + return rc;
> +}
> +
> +int HYPERVISOR_physdev_op_compat(int cmd, void *arg)
> +{
> + struct physdev_op op;
> + int rc;
> +
> + op.cmd = cmd;
> + memcpy(&op.u, arg, sizeof(op.u));
> + rc = _hypercall1(int, physdev_op_compat, &op);
> +
> + switch (cmd) {
> + case PHYSDEVOP_IRQ_UNMASK_NOTIFY:
> + case PHYSDEVOP_set_iopl:
> + case PHYSDEVOP_set_iobitmap:
> + case PHYSDEVOP_apic_write:
> + /* no output */
> + break;
> +
> +#define COPY_BACK(pop, fld) \
> + case PHYSDEVOP_##pop: \
> + memcpy(arg, &op.u.fld, sizeof(op.u.fld)); \
> + break
> +
> + COPY_BACK(irq_status_query, irq_status_query);
> + COPY_BACK(apic_read, apic_op);
> + COPY_BACK(ASSIGN_VECTOR, irq_op);
> +#undef COPY_BACK
> +
> + default:
> + WARN_ON(rc != -ENOSYS);
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + return rc;
> +}
> --
> 1.7.7.6
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