Kernel commit 5c83511bdb9832c86be20fb86b783356e2f58062 removed pv_init_ops, and later commit 054ac8ad5ebe4a69e1f0e842483821ddbe560121 removed the Xen-specific paravirt patch function. As a result, pvops Xen dumps are no longer recognized as Xen dumps, and virtual-to-physical translation fails.

Use the value of xen_start_info to determine whether the kernel is running in Xen PV mode. This pointer is set during the initialization of a PV domain. Kudos to Juergen Gross, who suggested this check.

Signed-off-by: Petr Tesarik <[email protected]>
---
 kernel.c |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c
index e123f76..36fdea2 100644
--- a/kernel.c
+++ b/kernel.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ static ulong __dump_audit(char *);
 static void dump_audit(void);
 static char *vmcoreinfo_read_string(const char *);
 static void check_vmcoreinfo(void);
+static int is_pvops_xen(void);


 /*
@@ -109,7 +110,6 @@ kernel_init()
        char *rqstruct;
        char *rq_timestamp_name = NULL;
        char *irq_desc_type_name;       
-       ulong pv_init_ops;
        struct gnu_request req;

        if (pc->flags & KERNEL_DEBUG_QUERY)
@@ -169,11 +169,7 @@ kernel_init()
                                error(FATAL, "cannot malloc m2p page.");
        }

-       if (PVOPS() && symbol_exists("pv_init_ops") &&
-           readmem(symbol_value("pv_init_ops"), KVADDR, &pv_init_ops,
-           sizeof(void *), "pv_init_ops", RETURN_ON_ERROR) &&
-           ((p1 = value_symbol(pv_init_ops)) &&
-           (STREQ(p1, "xen_patch") || STREQ(p1, "paravirt_patch_default")))) {
+       if (is_pvops_xen()) {
                kt->flags |= ARCH_XEN | ARCH_PVOPS_XEN;
                kt->xen_flags |= WRITABLE_PAGE_TABLES;
                if (machine_type("X86"))
@@ -10709,6 +10705,32 @@ paravirt_init(void)
        }
 }

+static int
+is_pvops_xen(void)
+{
+       ulong addr;
+       char *sym;
+
+       if (!PVOPS())
+               return FALSE;
+
+       if (symbol_exists("pv_init_ops") &&
+           readmem(symbol_value("pv_init_ops"), KVADDR, &addr,
+           sizeof(void *), "pv_init_ops", RETURN_ON_ERROR) &&
+           (sym = value_symbol(addr)) &&
+           (STREQ(sym, "xen_patch") ||
+            STREQ(sym, "paravirt_patch_default")))
+               return TRUE;
+
+       if (symbol_exists("xen_start_info") &&
+           readmem(symbol_value("xen_start_info"), KVADDR, &addr,
+           sizeof(void *), "xen_start_info", RETURN_ON_ERROR) &&
+           addr != 0)
+               return TRUE;
+
+       return FALSE;
+}
+
 /*
  *  Get the kernel's xtime timespec from its relevant location.
  */


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