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Re: [Xen-devel] Frame buffer mmap not working in pvops dom0

To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Frame buffer mmap not working in pvops dom0
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:49:25 +0300
Cc: Eamon Walsh <ewalsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:42:09AM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 05:16:13PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 09:47:57AM -0400, Daniel De Graaf wrote:
> > > I'm trying to confirm the fix to the VESA fbdev mmap issue that was
> > > brought up a few months ago
> > > (http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=126842551306571&w=2). The wiki page at
> 
> Weird. I don't remember seeing that e-mail..
> 
> > > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenPVOPSDRM says that this bug should
> > > be fixed, but doesn't point to a patch for the fix. I am still able to
> > > reproduce the issue both on real hardware and by running Xen under qemu
> > > (using cirrusfb on the dom0). Eamon (the original reporter) has also not
> > > been able to confirm a fix.
> > > 
> > > I'm currently testing using Xen 4.1 built from hg 21831:6bebaf40e925 and
> > > a pvops dom0 from xen/stable-2.6.32.x revid c0a00fbe.
> > > 
> > > So far, I've been able to determine that an mmap requesting multiple
> > > pages from /dev/fb0 will result in page table entries all pointing to
> > > the same physical page, which is not in the framebuffer address space.
> > > Writing to the mapped page ends up corrupting parts of kernel memory.
> > > I'd be happy to run further tests, try patches, or provide more
> > > information if needed.
> 
> Goodies. Let me fix up a tree that cleanly merges with Jeremy's xen/next
> (or xen/stable-2.6.32.x) and give you a go with that. And then from
> there we can come up with a fix.
> 

I'd prefer xen/stable-2.6.32.x, since that's what most people are using..
We'll get more testers that way.

-- Pasi


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