[PATCH 2/6] kexec jump: check code size in control page

Pavel Machek pavel at suse.cz
Thu Aug 7 16:31:30 EDT 2008


Hi!

> > PAGE_SIZE/2. This patch adds runtime checking for this.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang at intel.com>
...

> >  {
> >  	if (nx_enabled)
> >  		set_pages_x(image->control_code_page, 1);
> > +
> > +	BUG_ON((unsigned long)kexec_control_page_code_end - \
> > +	       (unsigned long)relocate_kernel >= PAGE_SIZE/2);
> > +
> 

> Run time check is better than nothing but I think in this case it would
> be better if we can catch it at compile time. 
> 
> One of the methods will be to write a small program of your own and
> put in script/ and at build time check for the size and flag error. May
> be there are other better ways to do this.

BUILD_BUG_ON()?

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