File 60bf9e19-Arm-create-dom0less-domUs-earlier.patch of Package xen.19911

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File 60bf9e19-Arm-create-dom0less-domUs-earlier.patch of Package xen.19911

# Commit 371347c5b64da699d9f5a0edda5dc496fd2b7a5c
# Date 2021-06-08 17:43:06 +0100
# Author Julien Grall <jgrall@amazon.com>
# Committer Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
xen/arm: Create dom0less domUs earlier

In a follow-up patch we will need to unallocate the boot modules
before heap_init_late() is called.

The modules will contain the domUs kernel and initramfs. Therefore Xen
will need to create extra domUs (used by dom0less) before heap_init_late().

This has two consequences on dom0less:
    1) Domains will not be unpaused as soon as they are created but
    once all have been created. However, Xen doesn't guarantee an order
    to unpause, so this is not something one could rely on.

2) The memory allocated for a domU will not be scrubbed anymore when an
    admin select bootscrub=on. This is not something we advertised, but if
    this is a concern we can introduce either force scrub for all domUs or
    a per-domain flag in the DT. The behavior for bootscrub=off and
    bootscrub=idle (default) has not changed.

This is part of XSA-372 / CVE-2021-28693.

Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@amazon.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>

--- a/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c
@@ -2092,8 +2092,6 @@ void __init create_domUs(void)
 
         if ( construct_domU(d, node) != 0 )
             panic("Could not set up domain %s\n", dt_node_name(node));
-
-        domain_unpause_by_systemcontroller(d);
     }
 }
 
--- a/xen/arch/arm/setup.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/setup.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ void __init start_xen(unsigned long boot
     int cpus, i;
     const char *cmdline;
     struct bootmodule *xen_bootmodule;
-    struct domain *dom0;
+    struct domain *dom0, *d;
     struct xen_domctl_createdomain dom0_cfg = {
         .flags = XEN_DOMCTL_CDF_hvm_guest | XEN_DOMCTL_CDF_hap,
         .max_evtchn_port = -1,
@@ -902,6 +902,8 @@ void __init start_xen(unsigned long boot
     if ( construct_dom0(dom0) != 0)
         panic("Could not set up DOM0 guest OS\n");
 
+    create_domUs();
+
     heap_init_late();
 
     init_trace_bufs();
@@ -915,9 +917,8 @@ void __init start_xen(unsigned long boot
 
     system_state = SYS_STATE_active;
 
-    create_domUs();
-
-    domain_unpause_by_systemcontroller(dom0);
+    for_each_domain( d )
+        domain_unpause_by_systemcontroller(d);
 
     /* Switch on to the dynamically allocated stack for the idle vcpu
      * since the static one we're running on is about to be freed. */

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