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[xen staging] libs/guest: Move the guest ABI check earlier into xc_dom_parse_image()



commit 1787cc167906f3fef547affb443a64762392c464
Author:     Jane Malalane <jane.malalane@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue Aug 17 16:19:24 2021 +0100
Commit:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu Aug 19 18:34:53 2021 +0100

    libs/guest: Move the guest ABI check earlier into xc_dom_parse_image()
    
    Xen may not support 32-bit PV guest for a number of reasons (lack of
    CONFIG_PV32, explicit pv=no-32 command line argument, or implicitly
    due to CET being enabled) and advertises this to the toolstack via the
    absence of xen-3.0-x86_32p ABI.
    
    Currently, when trying to boot a 32-bit PV guest, the ABI check is too
    late and the build explodes in the following manner yielding an
    unhelpful error message:
    
      xc: error: panic: xg_dom_boot.c:121: xc_dom_boot_mem_init: can't allocate 
low memory for domain: Out of memory
      libxl: error: libxl_dom.c:586:libxl__build_dom: xc_dom_boot_mem_init 
failed: Operation not supported
      libxl: error: libxl_create.c:1573:domcreate_rebuild_done: Domain 1:cannot 
(re-)build domain: -3
      libxl: error: libxl_domain.c:1182:libxl__destroy_domid: Domain 
1:Non-existant domain
      libxl: error: libxl_domain.c:1136:domain_destroy_callback: Domain 
1:Unable to destroy guest
      libxl: error: libxl_domain.c:1063:domain_destroy_cb: Domain 1:Destruction 
of domain failed
    
    Move the ABI check earlier into xc_dom_parse_image() along with other
    ELF-note feature checks.  With this adjustment, it now looks like
    this:
    
      xc: error: panic: xg_dom_boot.c:88: xc_dom_compat_check: guest type 
xen-3.0-x86_32p not supported by xen kernel, sorry: Invalid kernel
      libxl: error: libxl_dom.c:571:libxl__build_dom: xc_dom_parse_image failed
      domainbuilder: detail: xc_dom_release: called
      libxl: error: libxl_create.c:1573:domcreate_rebuild_done: Domain 
11:cannot (re-)build domain: -3
      libxl: error: libxl_domain.c:1182:libxl__destroy_domid: Domain 
11:Non-existant domain
      libxl: error: libxl_domain.c:1136:domain_destroy_callback: Domain 
11:Unable to destroy guest
      libxl: error: libxl_domain.c:1063:domain_destroy_cb: Domain 
11:Destruction of domain failed
    
    Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Jane Malalane <jane.malalane@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Ian Jackson <iwj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_boot.c | 4 ----
 tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_core.c | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_boot.c b/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_boot.c
index dac96b17a5..f809dcbe97 100644
--- a/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_boot.c
+++ b/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_boot.c
@@ -191,10 +191,6 @@ int xc_dom_boot_image(struct xc_dom_image *dom)
     }
     dom->shared_info_mfn = info.shared_info_frame;
 
-    /* sanity checks */
-    if ( !xc_dom_compat_check(dom) )
-        return -1;
-
     /* initial mm setup */
     if ( dom->arch_hooks->setup_pgtables &&
          (rc = dom->arch_hooks->setup_pgtables(dom)) != 0 )
diff --git a/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_core.c b/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_core.c
index 4918ee517b..2e4c1330ea 100644
--- a/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_core.c
+++ b/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_core.c
@@ -922,6 +922,10 @@ int xc_dom_parse_image(struct xc_dom_image *dom)
         goto err;
     }
 
+    /* Check guest ABI */
+    if ( !xc_dom_compat_check(dom) )
+        return -1;
+
     /* check features */
     for ( i = 0; i < XENFEAT_NR_SUBMAPS; i++ )
     {
--
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