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


  • To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: "Daniel P. Smith" <dpsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 08:24:50 -0400
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On 4/5/22 04:26, Jan Beulich wrote:
> 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").

Ack.

v/r,
dps



 


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