[PATCH] libs/guest: Move the guest ABI check earlier into xc_dom_parse_image()

* [PATCH] libs/guest: Move the guest ABI check earlier into xc_dom_parse_image()
@ 2021-08-17 15:19 Jane Malalane
  2021-08-18  9:29 ` Andrew Cooper
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jane Malalane @ 2021-08-17 15:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Xen-devel; +Cc: Jane Malalane, Ian Jackson, Wei Liu, Juergen Gross

Xen may not support 32-bit PV guest for a number of reasons (lack of
CONFIG_PV32, explicit pv=no-32 command line argument, or implicitly
due to CET being enabled) and advertises this to the toolstack via the
absence of xen-3.0-x86_32p ABI.

Currently, when trying to boot a 32-bit PV guest, the ABI check is too
late and the build explodes in the following manner yielding an
unhelpful error message:

  xc: error: panic: xg_dom_boot.c:121: xc_dom_boot_mem_init: can't allocate low memory for domain: Out of memory
  libxl: error: libxl_dom.c:586:libxl__build_dom: xc_dom_boot_mem_init failed: Operation not supported
  libxl: error: libxl_create.c:1573:domcreate_rebuild_done: Domain 1:cannot (re-)build domain: -3
  libxl: error: libxl_domain.c:1182:libxl__destroy_domid: Domain 1:Non-existant domain
  libxl: error: libxl_domain.c:1136:domain_destroy_callback: Domain 1:Unable to destroy guest
  libxl: error: libxl_domain.c:1063:domain_destroy_cb: Domain 1:Destruction of domain failed

Move the ABI check earlier into xc_dom_parse_image() along with other
ELF-note feature checks.  With this adjustment, it now looks like
this:

  xc: error: panic: xg_dom_boot.c:88: xc_dom_compat_check: guest type xen-3.0-x86_32p not supported by xen kernel, sorry: Invalid kernel
  libxl: error: libxl_dom.c:571:libxl__build_dom: xc_dom_parse_image failed
  domainbuilder: detail: xc_dom_release: called
  libxl: error: libxl_create.c:1573:domcreate_rebuild_done: Domain 11:cannot (re-)build domain: -3
  libxl: error: libxl_domain.c:1182:libxl__destroy_domid: Domain 11:Non-existant domain
  libxl: error: libxl_domain.c:1136:domain_destroy_callback: Domain 11:Unable to destroy guest
  libxl: error: libxl_domain.c:1063:domain_destroy_cb: Domain 11:Destruction of domain failed

Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Jane Malalane <jane.malalane@citrix.com>
---
CC: Ian Jackson <iwj@xenproject.org>
CC: Wei Liu <wl@xen.org>
CC: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
---
 tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_boot.c | 4 ----
 tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_core.c | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_boot.c b/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_boot.c
index dac96b17a5..f809dcbe97 100644
--- a/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_boot.c
+++ b/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_boot.c
@@ -191,10 +191,6 @@ int xc_dom_boot_image(struct xc_dom_image *dom)
     }
     dom->shared_info_mfn = info.shared_info_frame;
 
-    /* sanity checks */
-    if ( !xc_dom_compat_check(dom) )
-        return -1;
-
     /* initial mm setup */
     if ( dom->arch_hooks->setup_pgtables &&
          (rc = dom->arch_hooks->setup_pgtables(dom)) != 0 )
diff --git a/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_core.c b/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_core.c
index 4918ee517b..2e4c1330ea 100644
--- a/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_core.c
+++ b/tools/libs/guest/xg_dom_core.c
@@ -922,6 +922,10 @@ int xc_dom_parse_image(struct xc_dom_image *dom)
         goto err;
     }
 
+    /* Check guest ABI */
+    if ( !xc_dom_compat_check(dom) )
+        return -1;
+
     /* check features */
     for ( i = 0; i < XENFEAT_NR_SUBMAPS; i++ )
     {
-- 
2.11.0



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