Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] xen/grant-table: Avoid m2p_override during mapping

From: Zoltan Kiss
Date: Sat Jan 18 2014 - 16:02:28 EST


On 13/01/14 19:08, Zoltan Kiss wrote:
@@ -284,8 +287,37 @@ static int map_grant_pages(struct grant_map *map)
}
pr_debug("map %d+%d\n", map->index, map->count);
- err = gnttab_map_refs(map->map_ops, use_ptemod ? map->kmap_ops : NULL,
- map->pages, map->count);
+ err = gnttab_map_refs(map->map_ops, NULL, map->pages, map->count);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ if (!in_interrupt() && paravirt_get_lazy_mode() == PARAVIRT_LAZY_NONE) {
+ arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
+ lazy = true;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < map->count; i++) {
+ /* Do not add to override if the map failed. */
+ if (map->map_ops[i].status)
+ continue;
+
+ if (map->map_ops[i].flags & GNTMAP_contains_pte) {
+ pte = (pte_t *) (mfn_to_virt(PFN_DOWN(map->map_ops[i].host_addr)) +
+ (map->map_ops[i].host_addr & ~PAGE_MASK));
+ mfn = pte_mfn(*pte);
+ } else {
+ mfn = PFN_DOWN(map->map_ops[i].dev_bus_addr);
+ }
+ err = m2p_add_override(mfn,
+ map->pages[i],
+ use_ptemod ? &map->kmap_ops[i] : NULL);
+ if (err)
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (lazy)
+ arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
+
if (err)
return err;


This patch has a fundamental problem here: we change the pfn in gnttab_map_refs, then fetch it in m2p_override again, but then we have a different one than we need. This causes Dom0 crash. I will send a new version to fix that.

Zoli
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