[HVM] pv drivers: Allocate hypercall area as an executable region.

We have to use __vmalloc() and __PAGE_KERNEL because vmalloc_exec()
and PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC are not exported to modules.
Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
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kaf24@firebug.cl.cam.ac.uk committed 2006-09-08 19:15:11 +01:00
1 parent 06b8f9d3ab
commit cda30a2a6c
1 file changed
+16 -14
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
* Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
*
*/
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/version.h>
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/irq.h>
@@ -47,7 +50,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("ssmith@xensource.com");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xen platform PCI device");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
unsigned long *phys_to_machine_mapping;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(phys_to_machine_mapping);
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ unsigned long alloc_xen_mmio(unsigned long len)
/* Lifted from hvmloader.c */
static int get_hypercall_stubs(void)
{
uint32_t eax, ebx, ecx, edx, pages, msr, order, i;
uint32_t eax, ebx, ecx, edx, pages, msr, i;
char signature[13];
cpuid(0x40000000, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
@@ -141,22 +143,22 @@ static int get_hypercall_stubs(void)
cpuid(0x40000002, &pages, &msr, &ecx, &edx);
i = pages - 1;
for (order = 0; i != 0; order++)
i >>= 1;
printk(KERN_INFO "Hypercall area is %u pages.\n", pages);
printk(KERN_INFO "Hypercall area is %u pages (order %u allocation)\n",
pages, order);
hypercall_stubs = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order);
/* Use __vmalloc() because vmalloc_exec() is not an exported symbol. */
/* PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC also is not exported, hence we use PAGE_KERNEL. */
/* hypercall_stubs = vmalloc_exec(pages * PAGE_SIZE); */
hypercall_stubs = __vmalloc(pages * PAGE_SIZE,
GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM,
__pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL & ~_PAGE_NX));
if (hypercall_stubs == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
for (i = 0; i < pages; i++)
wrmsrl(msr,
virt_to_phys(hypercall_stubs) + /* base address */
(i << PAGE_SHIFT) + /* offset of page @i */
i); /* request page @i */
for (i = 0; i < pages; i++) {
unsigned long pfn;
pfn = vmalloc_to_pfn((char *)hypercall_stubs + i*PAGE_SIZE);
wrmsrl(msr, ((u64)pfn << PAGE_SHIFT) + i);
}
return 0;
}
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