Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 1/4] x86/xen: Probe target addresses in set_aliased_prot before the hypercall

2015-07-31 Thread David Vrabel
On 30/07/15 22:31, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > The update_va_mapping hypercall can fail if the VA isn't present in > the guest's page tables. Under certain loads, this can result in an > OOPS when the target address is in unpopulated vmap space. > > While we're at it, add comments to help explain wh

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 1/4] x86/xen: Probe target addresses in set_aliased_prot before the hypercall

2015-07-30 Thread Andy Lutomirski
The update_va_mapping hypercall can fail if the VA isn't present in the guest's page tables. Under certain loads, this can result in an OOPS when the target address is in unpopulated vmap space. While we're at it, add comments to help explain what's going on. This isn't a great long-term fix. T