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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 09/24] xsplice: Implement payload loading



Hi Konrad,

On 07/04/16 04:49, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
From: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@xxxxxxxxxx>

Add support for loading xsplice payloads. This is somewhat similar to
the Linux kernel module loader, implementing the following steps:
- Verify the elf file.
- Parse the elf file.
- Allocate a region of memory mapped within a free area of
   [xen_virt_end, XEN_VIRT_END].
- Copy allocated sections into the new region. Split them in three
   regions - .text, .data, and .rodata. MUST have at least .text.
- Resolve section symbols. All other symbols must be absolute addresses.
   (Note that patch titled "xsplice,symbols: Implement symbol name resolution
    on address" implements that)
- Perform relocations.
- Secure the the regions (.text,.data,.rodata) with proper permissions.

We capitalize on the vmalloc callback API (see patch titled:
"vmap: Add vmalloc_cb and vfree_cb") to allocate a region
of memory within the [xen_virt_end, XEN_VIRT_END] for the code.

Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

For the ARM bits:

Acked-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>

Regards,

--
Julien Grall

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