| Message ID | 87ei1ggf36.fsf@industria.weinholt.se |
|---|---|
| State | New |
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On 24.07.2011, at 12:14, Göran Weinholt wrote: > Multiboot images can specify a bss segment. The boot loader must clear > the memory of the bss and ensure that no modules or structures are > allocated inside it. Several fields are provided in the Multiboot > header that were previously not used properly. The header is now used > to determine how much data should be read from the image and how much > memory should be reserved to the bss segment. This patch still doesn't zero the BSS region out, no? Does it work properly after system_reset? Alex
Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> writes: > On 24.07.2011, at 12:14, Göran Weinholt wrote: > >> Multiboot images can specify a bss segment. The boot loader must clear >> the memory of the bss and ensure that no modules or structures are >> allocated inside it. Several fields are provided in the Multiboot >> header that were previously not used properly. The header is now used >> to determine how much data should be read from the image and how much >> memory should be reserved to the bss segment. > > This patch still doesn't zero the BSS region out, no? Does it work > properly after system_reset? Thank you, that's a good point. The problem could even arise on the first boot, because the buffer that holds the kernel is allocated with qemu_malloc(). I'll send a new version of the patch shortly. Regards,
diff --git a/hw/multiboot.c b/hw/multiboot.c index 2426e84..4cff6aa 100644 --- a/hw/multiboot.c +++ b/hw/multiboot.c @@ -198,11 +198,13 @@ int load_multiboot(void *fw_cfg, } else { /* Valid if mh_flags sets MULTIBOOT_HEADER_HAS_ADDR. */ uint32_t mh_header_addr = ldl_p(header+i+12); + uint32_t mh_load_end_addr = ldl_p(header+i+20); + uint32_t mh_bss_end_addr = ldl_p(header+i+24); mh_load_addr = ldl_p(header+i+16); uint32_t mb_kernel_text_offset = i - (mh_header_addr - mh_load_addr); mh_entry_addr = ldl_p(header+i+28); - mb_kernel_size = kernel_file_size - mb_kernel_text_offset; + mb_kernel_size = mh_load_end_addr - mh_load_addr; /* Valid if mh_flags sets MULTIBOOT_HEADER_HAS_VBE. uint32_t mh_mode_type = ldl_p(header+i+32); @@ -212,8 +214,8 @@ int load_multiboot(void *fw_cfg, mb_debug("multiboot: mh_header_addr = %#x\n", mh_header_addr); mb_debug("multiboot: mh_load_addr = %#x\n", mh_load_addr); - mb_debug("multiboot: mh_load_end_addr = %#x\n", ldl_p(header+i+20)); - mb_debug("multiboot: mh_bss_end_addr = %#x\n", ldl_p(header+i+24)); + mb_debug("multiboot: mh_load_end_addr = %#x\n", mh_load_end_addr); + mb_debug("multiboot: mh_bss_end_addr = %#x\n", mh_bss_end_addr); mb_debug("qemu: loading multiboot kernel (%#x bytes) at %#x\n", mb_kernel_size, mh_load_addr); @@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ int load_multiboot(void *fw_cfg, exit(1); } fclose(f); + mb_kernel_size = mh_bss_end_addr - mh_load_addr; } mbs.mb_buf_phys = mh_load_addr;
Multiboot images can specify a bss segment. The boot loader must clear the memory of the bss and ensure that no modules or structures are allocated inside it. Several fields are provided in the Multiboot header that were previously not used properly. The header is now used to determine how much data should be read from the image and how much memory should be reserved to the bss segment. Signed-off-by: Göran Weinholt <goran@weinholt.se> --- hw/multiboot.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)