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[Xen-changelog] Fix infinite recursion loop in get_page_type() error pat

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Subject: [Xen-changelog] Fix infinite recursion loop in get_page_type() error path.
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Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 22:14:25 +0000
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# HG changeset patch
# User kaf24@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
# Node ID 18e8e613deb9050de02eb8ba9138185e33240e7f
# Parent  10602076065759c58d9cc1be0c04241325539c8b
Fix infinite recursion loop in get_page_type() error path.
Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
xen-unstable changeset:   10183:c43080e63545c2c9ba101fd8864b5aacc5d666e2
xen-unstable date:        Tue May 30 18:11:34 2006 +0100
---
 xen/arch/x86/mm.c |   10 ++++++++--
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -r 106020760657 -r 18e8e613deb9 xen/arch/x86/mm.c
--- a/xen/arch/x86/mm.c Fri May 26 13:55:33 2006 +0100
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm.c Tue May 30 18:14:05 2006 +0100
@@ -1497,12 +1497,18 @@ int get_page_type(struct page_info *page
             {
                 if ( unlikely((x & PGT_type_mask) != (type & PGT_type_mask) ) )
                 {
-                    if ( current->domain == page_get_owner(page) )
+                    if ( (current->domain == page_get_owner(page)) &&
+                         ((x & PGT_type_mask) == PGT_writable_page) )
                     {
                         /*
                          * This ensures functions like set_gdt() see up-to-date
                          * type info without needing to clean up writable p.t.
-                         * state on the fast path.
+                         * state on the fast path. We take this path only
+                         * when the current type is writable because:
+                         *  1. It's the only type that this path can decrement.
+                         *  2. If we take this path more liberally then we can
+                         *     enter a recursive loop via get_page_from_l1e()
+                         *     during pagetable revalidation.
                          */
                         LOCK_BIGLOCK(current->domain);
                         cleanup_writable_pagetable(current->domain);

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