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Re: [Xen-devel] xen_tlb_flush_all mfn validation panic

To: Kieran Mansley <kmansley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] xen_tlb_flush_all mfn validation panic
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:01:09 +0000
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On 24/12/2009 15:32, "Keir Fraser" <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 24/12/2009 15:06, "Kieran Mansley" <kmansley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> The initial "bad gmfn" message seems to be due to an attempt to validate
>> the mfn argument to the mmuext_op.  It's not surprising to me that this
>> fails as xen_tlb_flush_all doesn't supply an mfn argument - it's not
>> needed for the MMUEXT_TLB_FLUSH_ALL command.  Is there something that is
>> supposed to mean that the mfn argument should be valid even when not
>> explicitly set by the caller, or is the validation of the mfn for all
>> mmuext_op commands a bug?
> 
> The explicit check for INVALID_MFN is new, and that is obviously a bug. I
> will sort out a suitable fix for this.

Should be fixed by c/s 20723.

 -- Keir



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