Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4] x86/setup: disallow any src/dst overlaps when relocating Xen image

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 11.04.18 at 10:54, <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 05:54:14PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote:
>> Commit 0d31d16 (x86/setup: do not relocate Xen over current Xen image
>> placement) disallowed src/dst images overlaps when relocating Xen image.
>> Though it deliberately allowed destination region between __image_base__
>> and (__image_base__ + XEN_IMG_OFFSET) overlaps with the end of source
>> image. And here is the problem. If anything between __page_tables_start
>> and __page_tables_end in source image lands in the overlap then some or
>> even all page table entries may not be updated. This usually means boom
>> in early boot which will be difficult to the investigate. So, I think
>> that we have three choices to fix the issue:
>>   - drop XEN_IMG_OFFSET from
>>     if ( (end > s) && (end - reloc_size + XEN_IMG_OFFSET >= __pa(_end)) )
>>   - add XEN_IMG_OFFSET to xen_phys_start in PFN_DOWN(xen_phys_start)
>>     used in loops as one of conditions,
>>   - change PFN_DOWN(xen_phys_start) to PFN_DOWN(xen_remap_end_pfn)
>>     proposed in earlier version of this patch.
>>
>> This patch implements the first option. This way we will avoid all kinds
>> of overlaps which are always full can of worms.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Ping?

I'll get to it, but it has missed 4.11 anyway, so I don't think there's
an urgency here.

Jan


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