linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v3 3/7] kexec jump: check code size in control page

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Message-ID: <20080812130246.GA3951@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:02:47 -0400
From:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, nigel@...el.suspend2.net,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, mingo@...e.hu,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kexec Mailing List <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v3 3/7] kexec jump: check code size in control page

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:14:28AM +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> Kexec/Kexec-jump require code size in control page is less than
> PAGE_SIZE/2. This patch add link-time checking for this.
> 
> ASSERT() of ld link script is used as the link-time checking
> mechanism.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c   |    2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_32.S |   10 +++++++---
>  arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S     |    6 ++++++
>  include/asm-x86/kexec.h              |    4 ++++
>  4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
> @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
>  	}
>  
>  	control_page = page_address(image->control_code_page);
> -	memcpy(control_page, relocate_kernel, PAGE_SIZE/2);
> +	memcpy(control_page, relocate_kernel, KEXEC_CONTROL_CODE_MAX_SIZE);
>  
>  	relocate_kernel_ptr = control_page;
>  	page_list[PA_CONTROL_PAGE] = __pa(control_page);
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_32.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_32.S
> @@ -20,10 +20,11 @@
>  #define PAGE_ATTR (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_DIRTY)
>  #define PAE_PGD_ATTR (_PAGE_PRESENT)
>  
> -/* control_page + PAGE_SIZE/2 ~ control_page + PAGE_SIZE * 3/4 are
> - * used to save some data for jumping back
> +/* control_page + KEXEC_CONTROL_CODE_MAX_SIZE
> + * ~ control_page + PAGE_SIZE are used as data storage and stack for
> + * jumping back
>   */
> -#define DATA(offset)		(PAGE_SIZE/2+(offset))
> +#define DATA(offset)		(KEXEC_CONTROL_CODE_MAX_SIZE+(offset))
>  
>  /* Minimal CPU state */
>  #define ESP			DATA(0x0)
> @@ -376,3 +377,6 @@ swap_pages:
>  	popl	%ebx
>  	popl	%ebp
>  	ret
> +
> +	.globl kexec_control_code_size
> +.set kexec_control_code_size, . - relocate_kernel
> --- a/include/asm-x86/kexec.h
> +++ b/include/asm-x86/kexec.h
> @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
>  # define PAGES_NR		17
>  #endif
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> +# define KEXEC_CONTROL_CODE_MAX_SIZE	2048
> +#endif
> +
>  #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
>  
>  #include <linux/string.h>
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
> @@ -209,3 +209,9 @@ SECTIONS
>  
>    DWARF_DEBUG
>  }
> +
> +/* Link time checks */
> +#include <asm/kexec.h>
> +
> +ASSERT(kexec_control_code_size <= KEXEC_CONTROL_CODE_MAX_SIZE,
> +       "kexec control code size is too big")

Hi Huang,

Will above ASSERT() still compile if CONFIG_KEXEC=n? If yes, then it
looks good to me.

Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>

Thanks
Vivek
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