Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] x86: map portion of kexec crash area that is within the direct map area

[David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/01/14 16:38, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 08.01.14 at 16:56, David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> +    if ( kexec_crash_area.size )
> 
> Wouldn't this better also include a kexec_crash_area.start range
> check?

It's a "if there is a crash area" check.  It seems fine as-is to me.

>> +    {
>> +        unsigned long s = PFN_DOWN(kexec_crash_area.start);
>> +        unsigned long e = min(s + PFN_UP(kexec_crash_area.size),
>> +                              PFN_UP(__pa(HYPERVISOR_VIRT_END - 1)));
>> +
>> +        map_pages_to_xen((unsigned long)__va(kexec_crash_area.start),
>> +                         s, e - s, PAGE_HYPERVISOR);
> 
> map_pages_to_xen() doesn't tolerate a huge count resulting when
> e < s (which is possible due to the min() above).

Yes, you're right.  This needs to be:

   if ( e > s )
       map_pages_to_xen(...)

David

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