Re: [Xen-devel] [xen-unstable test] 18128: regressions - FAIL

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 15/06/2013 09:35, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-06-15 at 07:16 +0100, xen.org wrote:
>> flight 18128 xen-unstable real [real]
>> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~xensrcts/logs/18128/
>>
>> Regressions :-(
>>
>> Tests which did not succeed and are blocking,
>> including tests which could not be run:
>>  build-armhf                   4 xen-build                 fail REGR. vs. 
>> 18121
> kernel.c: In function 'kernel_elf_load':
> kernel.c:162:18: error: 'struct elf_binary' has no member named 'dest'
> make[4]: *** [kernel.o] Error 1
>
> The bisector has separately fingered ed65808a8ed4 "libelf: check all
> pointer accesses".
>
> 8<-----------------------
>
> From d1b3125b7e4d9ad3b1d8bb78781dd95fc2af2fee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:30:47 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] xen: arm: fix build after libelf changes.
>
> ed65808a8ed4 "libelf: check all pointer accesses" caused:
>     kernel.c: In function 'kernel_elf_load':
>     kernel.c:162:18: error: 'struct elf_binary' has no member named 'dest'
>     make[4]: *** [kernel.o] Error 1
>
> The field is now called dest_base. We also need to populate dest_size.
>
> This fixes the build for me although have not tested it. I have a feeling that
> loading the kernel from an ELF file on ARM doesn't currently work anyway
> (everyone uses the zImage loader as far as I am aware).
>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Although it might perhaps be better to fail kernel_elf_load() with
panic("Not implemented yet") if it really has never been tried.  It is
likely to be less subtle than what actually does break.

> Cc: ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: julien.grall@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: tim@xxxxxxx
> ---
>  xen/arch/arm/kernel.c |    4 +++-
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/kernel.c b/xen/arch/arm/kernel.c
> index 43cf2ab..aba5441 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/kernel.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/kernel.c
> @@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ static int kernel_try_zimage_prepare(struct kernel_info 
> *info,
>  static void kernel_elf_load(struct kernel_info *info)
>  {
>      printk("Loading ELF image into guest memory\n");
> -    info->elf.elf.dest = (void*)(unsigned long)info->elf.parms.virt_kstart;
> +    info->elf.elf.dest_base = (void*)(unsigned 
> long)info->elf.parms.virt_kstart;
> +    info->elf.elf.dest_size =
> +         info->elf.parms.virt_kend - info->elf.parms.virt_kstart;
>      elf_load_binary(&info->elf.elf);
>  
>      printk("Free temporary kernel buffer\n");


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