[Xen-bugs] [Bug 648] Unable to bring up Mini-OS on x86_64 Xen

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------- Comment #2 from aravindh.puthiyaparambil@xxxxxxxxxx  2006-05-18 04:59 
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Ok, I have found the bug. Mini-OS does not define VIRT_BASE in its __xen_guest
section. This causes dsi->elf_paddr_offset in
parseelfimage() [xc_load_elf.c] to be set to 0. This in turn causes
parray[pa>>PAGE_SHIFT] in loadelfimage[xc_load_elf.c] to go out of bounds
causing a segmentation fault.

This can also happen when an OS elfimage has VIRT_BASE or ELF_PADDR_OFFSET set
to 0. 

The case where VIRT_BASE is set correctly and ELF_PADDR_OFFSET is 0 has been
taken care of.

The fix here is to always ensure that VIRT_BASE is always defined and when
defined it is not set to 0 i.e. always ensure that virt_base variable in
parseelfimage() [xc_load_elf.c] is not 0. 

I will send in a patch for this.

Thanks,
Aravindh


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