linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 02/20] xen: Introduce a function to split a Linux page into Xen page

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 16 Jul 2015 15:23:13 +0100
From:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
To:	Julien Grall <julien.grall@...rix.com>
CC:	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	<stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	"David Vrabel" <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/20] xen: Introduce a function to split a Linux page
 into Xen page

On Thu, 9 Jul 2015, Julien Grall wrote:
> The Xen interface is always using 4KB page. This means that a Linux page
> may be split across multiple Xen page when the page granularity is not
> the same.
> 
> This helper will break down a Linux page into 4KB chunk and call the
> helper on each of them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@...rix.com>
> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
> Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
> ---
>     Changes in v2:
>         - Patch added
> ---
>  include/xen/page.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/xen/page.h b/include/xen/page.h
> index 8ebd37b..b1f7722 100644
> --- a/include/xen/page.h
> +++ b/include/xen/page.h
> @@ -39,4 +39,24 @@ struct xen_memory_region xen_extra_mem[XEN_EXTRA_MEM_MAX_REGIONS];
>  
>  extern unsigned long xen_released_pages;
>  
> +typedef int (*xen_pfn_fn_t)(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn, void *data);
> +/* Break down the page in 4KB granularity and call fn foreach xen pfn */
> +static inline int xen_apply_to_page(struct page *page, xen_pfn_fn_t fn,
> +				    void *data)
> +{
> +	unsigned long pfn = xen_page_to_pfn(page);
> +	int i;
> +	int ret;

please initialize ret to 0


> +	for (i = 0; i < XEN_PFN_PER_PAGE; i++, pfn++) {
> +		ret = fn(page, pfn, data);
> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +
>  #endif	/* _XEN_PAGE_H */


Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/