Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] xen/gntdev: Fix partial gntdev_mmap() cleanup

[Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/09/2018 07:10 AM, Ross Lagerwall wrote:
> When cleaning up after a partially successful gntdev_mmap(), unmap the
> successfully mapped grant pages otherwise Xen will kill the domain if
> in debug mode (Attempt to implicitly unmap a granted PTE) or Linux will
> kill the process and emit "BUG: Bad page map in process" if Xen is in
> release mode.
>
> This is only needed when use_ptemod is true because gntdev_put_map()
> will unmap grant pages itself when use_ptemod is false.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>

although I wonder whether it may be possible to have gntdev_put_map() 
figure whether to unmap the pages if use_ptemod is set.
> ---
>   drivers/xen/gntdev.c | 4 +++-
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
> index d3391a1..bd56653 100644
> --- a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
> @@ -1071,8 +1071,10 @@ static int gntdev_mmap(struct file *flip, struct 
> vm_area_struct *vma)
>   out_unlock_put:
>         mutex_unlock(&priv->lock);
>   out_put_map:
> -       if (use_ptemod)
> +       if (use_ptemod) {
>                 map->vma = NULL;
> +               unmap_grant_pages(map, 0, map->count);
> +       }
>         gntdev_put_map(priv, map);
>         return err;
>   }
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