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Re: [PATCH 2/2] arch: ensure idle domain is not left privileged


  • To: "Daniel P. Smith" <dpsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 10:26:57 +0200
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On 31.03.2022 01:05, Daniel P. Smith wrote:
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/setup.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/setup.c
> @@ -589,6 +589,9 @@ static void noinline init_done(void)
>      void *va;
>      unsigned long start, end;
>  
> +    /* Ensure idle domain was not left privileged */
> +    ASSERT(current->domain->is_privileged == false) ;

I think this should be stronger than ASSERT(); I'd recommend calling
panic(). Also please don't compare against "true" or "false" - use
ordinary boolean operations instead (here it would be
"!current->domain->is_privileged").

Jan




 


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