Ping ^ 2.

On 08/01/2012 01:47 PM, Meador Inge wrote:
> Ping.
> 
> On 07/26/2012 09:50 PM, Meador Inge wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This patch series fixes an issue that was discussed here [1] where using -R
>> can cause QEMU to fail to setup the guest address space because the guest 
>> base
>> validation fails.  I fixed this issue by (1) refactoring the guest space
>> probing code into a single function for initializing the guest space and (2) 
>> by 
>> calling the guest space initialization code for both the case of reserving 
>> the
>> guest space upfront (-R) and the case where the initial memory space 
>> base/size
>> are gleaned from an ELF image.
>>
>> Tested by going through various combinations of -R <size>, -B <base>,
>> -B <base> -R <size>, and neither -R or -B passed.  I also ran the libstdc++
>> testsuite through the MIPS, ARM, and Power usermode emulators with -R set.
>> No regressions.
>>
>> NOTE: This does not fix the problem that was raised concerning mapped the
>> full 32-bit address space on a 64-bit system.  That will need to be another
>> patch.
>>
>> - Changes since v1:
>>
>>    * Replaced '!host_start && !host_size' error check in 'init_guest_space'
>>      with an assert.
>>
>>    * Ensured that 'guest_validate_base' is passed the true guest base instead
>>      of the current host start address.
>>
>>    * s/init_guest_space(..., 0)/init_guest_space(..., false);/
>>
>>    * Fixed typo in 'init_guest_space' header comment.
>>
>> [1] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-06/msg04508.html
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Meador Inge <mead...@codesourcery.com>
>>
>> Meador Inge (2):
>>   linux-user: Factor out guest space probing into a function
>>   linux-user: Use init_guest_space when -R and -B are specified
>>
>>  linux-user/elfload.c |  161 
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>>  linux-user/main.c    |   35 ++---------
>>  linux-user/qemu.h    |   15 ++++-
>>  3 files changed, 140 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
>>
> 
> 


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