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SubjectRe: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/xen_initial_domain: check that xen_start_info is initialized
On Thu, 4 Oct 2012, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> On 03.10.12 at 19:08, Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
> wrote:
> > Since commit commit 4c071ee5268f7234c3d084b6093bebccc28cdcba ("arm:
> > initial Xen support") PV on HVM guests can be xen_initial_domain.
> > However PV on HVM guests might have an unitialized xen_start_info, so
> > check before accessing its fields.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
> > Acked-by: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>
> > Reported-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
> >
> > diff --git a/include/xen/xen.h b/include/xen/xen.h
> > index 9a39ca5..e7101bb 100644
> > --- a/include/xen/xen.h
> > +++ b/include/xen/xen.h
> > @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern enum xen_domain_type xen_domain_type;
> > #include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
> >
> > #define xen_initial_domain() (xen_domain() && \
> > - xen_start_info->flags & SIF_INITDOMAIN)
> > + xen_start_info && xen_start_info->flags & SIF_INITDOMAIN)
> > #else /* !CONFIG_XEN_DOM0 */
> > #define xen_initial_domain() (0)
> > #endif /* CONFIG_XEN_DOM0 */
>
> Didn't your other patch statically initialize it?

Yes. Even though both patches can safely coexist, I wrote this one as an
alternative solution.


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