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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] linux/privcmd: fix for proper operation in compa

To: "Simon Horman" <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] linux/privcmd: fix for proper operation in compat mode
From: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2010年1月06日 08:19:35 +0000
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>>> Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 06.01.10 03:27 >>>
>On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 12:52:04PM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
>...
>> +#ifdef xen_pfn32_t
>> + for (i = 0; !ret && i < n32.num; ++i) {
>> + xen_pfn_t mfn;
>> +
>> + if (get_user(mfn, arr + i) || put_user(mfn, arr32 + i))
>> + ret = -EFAULT;
>> + else if (mfn != (xen_pfn32_t)mfn)
>> + ret = -ERANGE;
>> + }
>> +#endif
>> }
>> break;
>> default:
>
>Perhaps this could be refactored to reduce or remove the #ifdefs ?
I couldn't think of a clean way.
>> --- head-2010年01月04日.orig/include/xen/compat_ioctl.h 2007年07月10日 
>> 09:42:30.000000000 +0200
>> +++ head-2010年01月04日/include/xen/compat_ioctl.h 2009年12月17日 
>> 15:40:40.000000000 +0100
>> @@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
>> #define __LINUX_XEN_COMPAT_H__ 
>> 
>> #include <linux/compat.h>
>> +#include <linux/compiler.h>
>> +
>> +#if defined(CONFIG_X86) || defined(CONFIG_IA64)
>> +#define xen_pfn32_t __u32
>> +#endif
>
>Is it usual in xen for a type to be a #define in xen?
>
>Ito my mind it would make things a lot clearer to use a #define called
>SOME_FEATURE and then either use __u32 directly for the type or
>typedef __u32 xen_pfn32_t.
This would be an alternative, but I don't think the code would look
much better afterwards.
>> @@ -34,7 +39,14 @@ struct privcmd_mmap_32 {
>> struct privcmd_mmapbatch_32 {
>> int num; /* number of pages to populate */
>> domid_t dom; /* target domain */
>> +#if defined(CONFIG_X86) || defined(CONFIG_IA64)
>> + union { /* virtual address */
>> + __u64 addr __packed;
>> + __u32 va;
>> + };
>> +#else
>> __u64 addr; /* virtual address */
>> +#endif
>> compat_uptr_t arr; /* array of mfns - top nibble set on err */
>> };
>> #define IOCTL_PRIVCMD_MMAP_32 \
>
>Its unclear to me why va is necessary.
>It doesn't seem to be used anywhere in the patch.
With the addr field being __packed, the va field ensures the union is
4-byte aligned (as it is in the native 32-bit type).
Jan
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