[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4] hypercall/mem: Introduce XENMEM_machphys_compat_mfn_list

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

To correctly migrate a PV guest, the toolstack must remove Xen mappings from
the guest pagetables.  For 32bit PV guests, the pagetables cannot be walked
from the top so upon encountering an L2 table, the toolstack must decide
whether it contains Xen mappings or not, to avoid corrupting L2s without Xen
mappings.

The migration code performs this search efficiently by knowing that the Xen
mappings will start at a known L2e and point to a known mfn, which will be the
first mfn in the m2p table.

Unfortunately there are two m2p tables in use; the regular and the
compatibility one.  The toolstack looks for the first mfn of its own m2p table
in the guest pagetables.  This only works if the toolstack is the same bitness
as the 32bit domain being migrated, and leaves a problem for 64bit toolstacks
which will never be able to find its regular m2p in a compat guest.

It appears that this bug for 64bit toolstacks was discovered, but hacked
around in an unsafe manner.  The code currently shoots any invalid L2es and
doesn't report a failure for L2 tables in a 32 bit guest, even after the guest
is paused.  This means that non Xen entries which should fail the migration
don't, and the guest will resume on the far side with unexpectedly fewer
present pagetable entries.

This patch introduces XENMEM_machphys_compat_mfn_list which permits a 64bit
toolstack to access the compat m2p mfn list, for the purpose of correctly
identifying Xen entries in a 32bit guest.

It is worth noting for completeness that 64bit PV guests don't have any of
these games to play.  The Xen mappings are present at a known location in all
L4 tables, so can be safely shot by 32 and 64bit toolstacks without looking at
where the mapping points to.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>
CC: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CC: Tim Deegan <tim@xxxxxxx>
CC: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---

Changes in v4:
 * Use same visibility as XENMEM_machphys_mfn_list.  Leave note about next
   subop.
Changes in v3:
 * Spelling and grammar points from Konrad, although the semicolon is correct
   in context.
Changes in v2:
 * Don't alias other local scope variables in subarch_memory_op.
---
 xen/arch/x86/x86_64/compat/mm.c |    1 +
 xen/arch/x86/x86_64/mm.c        |   30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 xen/include/public/memory.h     |   12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/compat/mm.c b/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/compat/mm.c
index b768158..69c6195 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/compat/mm.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/compat/mm.c
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ int compat_arch_memory_op(unsigned long cmd, 
XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_PARAM(void) arg)
     }
 
     case XENMEM_machphys_mfn_list:
+    case XENMEM_machphys_compat_mfn_list:
     {
         unsigned long limit;
         compat_pfn_t last_mfn;
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/mm.c b/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/mm.c
index a471d66..4937f9a 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/mm.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/mm.c
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ long subarch_memory_op(unsigned long cmd, 
XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_PARAM(void) arg)
     struct xen_machphys_mfn_list xmml;
     l3_pgentry_t l3e;
     l2_pgentry_t l2e;
-    unsigned long v;
+    unsigned long v, limit;
     xen_pfn_t mfn, last_mfn;
     unsigned int i;
     long rc = 0;
@@ -1003,6 +1003,34 @@ long subarch_memory_op(unsigned long cmd, 
XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_PARAM(void) arg)
 
         break;
 
+    case XENMEM_machphys_compat_mfn_list:
+        if ( copy_from_guest(&xmml, arg, 1) )
+            return -EFAULT;
+
+        limit = (unsigned long)(compat_machine_to_phys_mapping + max_page);
+        if ( limit > RDWR_COMPAT_MPT_VIRT_END )
+            limit = RDWR_COMPAT_MPT_VIRT_END;
+        for ( i = 0, v = RDWR_COMPAT_MPT_VIRT_START, last_mfn = 0;
+              (i != xmml.max_extents) && (v < limit);
+              i++, v += 1 << L2_PAGETABLE_SHIFT )
+        {
+            l2e = compat_idle_pg_table_l2[l2_table_offset(v)];
+            if ( l2e_get_flags(l2e) & _PAGE_PRESENT )
+                mfn = l2e_get_pfn(l2e);
+            else
+                mfn = last_mfn;
+            ASSERT(mfn);
+            if ( copy_to_guest_offset(xmml.extent_start, i, &mfn, 1) )
+                return -EFAULT;
+            last_mfn = mfn;
+        }
+
+        xmml.nr_extents = i;
+        if ( __copy_to_guest(arg, &xmml, 1) )
+            rc = -EFAULT;
+
+        break;
+
     case XENMEM_get_sharing_freed_pages:
         return mem_sharing_get_nr_saved_mfns();
 
diff --git a/xen/include/public/memory.h b/xen/include/public/memory.h
index 5bcd475..50df9d3 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/memory.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/memory.h
@@ -187,6 +187,16 @@ typedef struct xen_machphys_mfn_list 
xen_machphys_mfn_list_t;
 DEFINE_XEN_GUEST_HANDLE(xen_machphys_mfn_list_t);
 
 /*
+ * For a compat toolstack domain, this is identical to
+ * XENMEM_machphys_mfn_list.
+ *
+ * For a non compat toolstack domain, this functions similarly to
+ * XENMEM_machphys_mfn_list, but returns the mfns making up the compatibility
+ * m2p table.
+ */
+#define XENMEM_machphys_compat_mfn_list     25
+
+/*
  * Returns the location in virtual address space of the machine_to_phys
  * mapping table. Architectures which do not have a m2p table, or which do not
  * map it by default into guest address space, do not implement this command.
@@ -514,6 +524,8 @@ DEFINE_XEN_GUEST_HANDLE(xen_mem_sharing_op_t);
 
 #endif /* defined(__XEN__) || defined(__XEN_TOOLS__) */
 
+/* Next available subop number is 26 */
+
 #endif /* __XEN_PUBLIC_MEMORY_H__ */
 
 /*
-- 
1.7.10.4


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