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Re: [PATCH v4 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initi
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Daniel Kiper |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH v4 09/11] xen: add capability to load initrd outside of initial mapping |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:42:09 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 07:03:17AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Modern pvops linux kernels support an initrd not covered by the initial
> mapping. This capability is flagged by an elf-note.
>
> In case the elf-note is set by the kernel don't place the initrd into
> the initial mapping. This will allow to load larger initrds and/or
> support domains with larger memory, as the initial mapping is limited
> to 2GB and it is containing the p2m list.
>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <address@hidden>
> ---
> V4: rename grub_xen_alloc_end() to grub_xen_alloc_final()
> ---
> grub-core/loader/i386/xen.c | 61
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> grub-core/loader/i386/xen_fileXX.c | 3 ++
> include/grub/xen_file.h | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/grub-core/loader/i386/xen.c b/grub-core/loader/i386/xen.c
> index 2e12763..22a94ae 100644
> --- a/grub-core/loader/i386/xen.c
> +++ b/grub-core/loader/i386/xen.c
> @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct xen_loader_state {
> grub_uint64_t modules_target_start;
> grub_size_t n_modules;
> int loaded;
> + int alloc_end_called;
alloc_end_called -> alloc_final_called
> };
>
> static struct xen_loader_state xen_state;
> @@ -320,6 +321,28 @@ grub_xen_pt_alloc (void)
> }
>
> static grub_err_t
> +grub_xen_alloc_final (void)
> +{
> + grub_err_t err;
> +
> + if (xen_state.alloc_end_called)
> + return GRUB_ERR_NONE;
> + xen_state.alloc_end_called = 1;
This is not nice. What happens if grub_xen_p2m_alloc() allocate what
is needed and grub_xen_special_alloc() fails?
Maybe grub_xen_p2m_alloc(), grub_xen_special_alloc() and grub_xen_pt_alloc()
should check itself that required regions are allocated properly
(if (something != NULL)) and do nothing if yes.
Daniel
[PATCH v4 01/11] xen: make xen loader callable multiple times, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/22
[PATCH v4 05/11] xen: synchronize xen header, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/22
[PATCH v4 11/11] xen: add capability to load p2m list outside of kernel mapping, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/22
[PATCH v4 06/11] xen: factor out p2m list allocation into separate function, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/22
[PATCH v4 04/11] xen: add elfnote.h to avoid using numbers instead of constants, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/22
[PATCH v4 03/11] xen: reduce number of global variables in xen loader, Juergen Gross, 2016/02/22