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lguest: fix __get_vm_area usage.
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Robert Bragg's 5dc3318 tightened
(ie. fixed) the checking in __get_vm_area, and it broke lguest.

lguest should pass the exact "end" it wants, not some random constant
(it was possible previously that it would actually get an address
different from SWITCHER_ADDR).

Also, Fabio Checconi pointed out that we should make sure we're not
hitting the fixmap area.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Robert Bragg <robert@sixbynine.org>
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Rusty Russell committed Mar 10, 2008
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15 changes: 13 additions & 2 deletions drivers/lguest/core.c
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Expand Up @@ -69,11 +69,22 @@ static __init int map_switcher(void)
switcher_page[i] = virt_to_page(addr);
}

/* First we check that the Switcher won't overlap the fixmap area at
* the top of memory. It's currently nowhere near, but it could have
* very strange effects if it ever happened. */
if (SWITCHER_ADDR + (TOTAL_SWITCHER_PAGES+1)*PAGE_SIZE > FIXADDR_START){
err = -ENOMEM;
printk("lguest: mapping switcher would thwack fixmap\n");
goto free_pages;
}

/* Now we reserve the "virtual memory area" we want: 0xFFC00000
* (SWITCHER_ADDR). We might not get it in theory, but in practice
* it's worked so far. */
* it's worked so far. The end address needs +1 because __get_vm_area
* allocates an extra guard page, so we need space for that. */
switcher_vma = __get_vm_area(TOTAL_SWITCHER_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE,
VM_ALLOC, SWITCHER_ADDR, VMALLOC_END);
VM_ALLOC, SWITCHER_ADDR, SWITCHER_ADDR
+ (TOTAL_SWITCHER_PAGES+1) * PAGE_SIZE);
if (!switcher_vma) {
err = -ENOMEM;
printk("lguest: could not map switcher pages high\n");
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