[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] rebased openSUSE Xen dom0 Patches
>>> "Simon Graham" <simon.graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 16.04.10 15:42 >>> >We've actually narrowed the problem down a bit -- the pages we fail on >are always in the range of those freed by free_init_pages("unused kernel >memory") from free_initmem(). Now, the specific problem is that a >writable page cant be turned into a page table page because it's page >type ref count is non-zero -- I see in the free_init_pages() routine >that two hypercalls are made for each page, one of which sets the pte to >zero (which would decrement the page type ref count I think) and one of >which does not -- doesn't this leave the page type ref count at 1 which >in turn means the page cant be turned into a page table page? Or is >there some other magic that occurs later on that should decrement the >page type ref count before attempting to use the page as a page table >page? Are you observing this with both the .31 and .32 patches? >Here's the extract of the code I am talking about (yes, we are using a >64-bit Dom0): >... But that code is precisely what guarantees that the pages *can* be converted to page table pages (by completely unmapping them from the kernel image part of the address space). So your explanation is rather confusing than clarifying to me... Jan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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