On 6/29/22 10:10 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
On 23.06.22 11:46, Juergen Gross wrote:
The brk area needs to be zeroed initially, like the .bss section.
At the same time its memory should be covered by the ELF program
headers.
Juergen Gross (3):
x86/xen: use clear_bss() for Xen PV guests
x86: fix setup of brk area
x86: fix .brk attribute in linker script
arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h | 3 +++
arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 4 +++-
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 +-
arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c | 8 ++++++--
arch/x86/xen/xen-head.S | 10 +---------
5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
Could I please have some feedback? This series is fixing a major
regression regarding running as Xen PV guest (depending on kernel
configuration system will crash very early).
#regzbot ^introduced e32683c6f7d2
I don't think you need this for Xen bits as Jan had already reviewed it but in
case you do
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrov...@oracle.com>