Re: [PATCH] xen/balloon: Mark unallocated host memory as UNUSABLE

From: Juergen Gross
Date: Fri Dec 15 2017 - 07:09:20 EST


On 12/12/17 23:51, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> Commit f5775e0b6116 ("x86/xen: discard RAM regions above the maximum
> reservation") left host memory not assigned to dom0 as available for
> memory hotplug.
>
> Unfortunately this also meant that those regions could be used by
> others. Specifically, commit fa564ad96366 ("x86/PCI: Enable a 64bit BAR
> on AMD Family 15h (Models 00-1f, 30-3f, 60-7f)") may try to map those
> addresses as MMIO.
>
> To prevent this mark unallocated host memory as E820_TYPE_UNUSABLE (thus
> effectively reverting f5775e0b6116) and keep track of that region as
> a hostmem resource that can be used for the hotplug.
>
> Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I don't see /proc/meminfo reporting the hotplugged memory (although
> internal data such as max_pfn is updated properly). Need to look at
> hotplug code some more. But then I didn't see meminfo changing with
> existing code either.
>
>
> arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/xen/setup.c | 6 ++---
> drivers/xen/balloon.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> 3 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> index d669e9d..19223b9 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
>
> #include <xen/features.h>
> #include <xen/page.h>
> +#include <xen/interface/memory.h>
>
> #include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
> #include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
> @@ -331,3 +332,71 @@ void xen_arch_unregister_cpu(int num)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(xen_arch_unregister_cpu);
> #endif
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_XEN_BALLOON_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
> +void __init arch_xen_balloon_init(struct resource *hostmem_resource)
> +{
> + struct xen_memory_map memmap;
> + int rc, i, last_guest_ram;

i and last_guest_ram should be unsigned int

> + unsigned long max_addr = max_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;

This might overflow for 32 bit builds

> + struct e820_table *xen_e820_table;
> + struct e820_entry *entry;
> + struct resource *res = NULL;
> +
> + if (!xen_initial_domain())
> + return;
> +
> + xen_e820_table = kzalloc(sizeof(*xen_e820_table), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!xen_e820_table) {
> + pr_warn("%s: Out of memory\n", __func__);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + memmap.nr_entries = ARRAY_SIZE(xen_e820_table->entries);
> + set_xen_guest_handle(memmap.buffer, xen_e820_table->entries);
> + rc = HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_machine_memory_map, &memmap);
> + if (rc) {
> + pr_warn("%s: Can't read host e820 (%d)\n", __func__, rc);
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + last_guest_ram = i = 0;
> + while (xen_e820_table->entries[i].addr < max_addr) {
> + if (xen_e820_table->entries[i].type == E820_TYPE_RAM)
> + last_guest_ram = i;
> + i++;

Check for i < memmap.nr_entries?

> + }
> +
> + entry = &xen_e820_table->entries[last_guest_ram];
> + if (max_addr >= entry->addr + entry->size)
> + goto out; /* No unallocated host RAM. */
> +
> + hostmem_resource->start = max_addr;
> + hostmem_resource->end = entry->addr + entry->size;
> + for (; i < memmap.nr_entries; i++) {
> + entry = &xen_e820_table->entries[i];
> + if (entry->type == E820_TYPE_RAM)

Shouldn't that be != ?

> + continue;
> +
> + res = kzalloc(sizeof(*res), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!res) {
> + pr_warn("%s: Out of memory\n", __func__);

Don't print error message in case of allocation failures.


Juergen