Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] libxc: fix the types used in xc_dom_image to build HVM guests

[Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2015-10-15 at 19:23 +0200, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> Fix the types used to store the memory parameters of an HVM guest,
> previously they defaulted to unsigned long on 32bit toolstack builds, which
> is wrong because a 32bit value cannot hold a 64bit memory address that
> crosses the 4GB boundary.

Just for my own interest, I suppose this was a latent issue even before the
dom builder rework, but what was the change which exposed it now?

Ian.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monnà <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I don't have a 32bit Dom0 at hand, so if someone can try to create a HVM
> guests using a 32bit toolstack with more than 4GB of RAM it would be
> helpful.
> ---
> Changes since v1:
>  - Use xen_paddr_t for all the physical address related fields.
>  - Use xen_pfn_t for target_pages.
> ---
>  tools/libxc/include/xc_dom.h | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/libxc/include/xc_dom.h b/tools/libxc/include/xc_dom.h
> index e52b023..7cb6b0c 100644
> --- a/tools/libxc/include/xc_dom.h
> +++ b/tools/libxc/include/xc_dom.h
> @@ -187,10 +187,10 @@ struct xc_dom_image {
>  
>      /* HVM specific fields. */
>      xen_pfn_t target_pages;
> -    xen_pfn_t mmio_start;
> -    xen_pfn_t mmio_size;
> -    xen_pfn_t lowmem_end;
> -    xen_pfn_t highmem_end;
> +    xen_paddr_t mmio_start;
> +    xen_paddr_t mmio_size;
> +    xen_paddr_t lowmem_end;
> +    xen_paddr_t highmem_end;
>  
>      /* Extra ACPI tables passed to HVMLOADER */
>      struct xc_hvm_firmware_module acpi_module;

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