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-rw-r--r--hw/i386/xen/xen-mapcache.c15
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hw/i386/xen/xen-mapcache.c b/hw/i386/xen/xen-mapcache.c
index 5b120ed..e82b7dc 100644
--- a/hw/i386/xen/xen-mapcache.c
+++ b/hw/i386/xen/xen-mapcache.c
@@ -171,7 +171,20 @@ static void xen_remap_bucket(MapCacheEntry *entry,
if (!(entry->flags & XEN_MAPCACHE_ENTRY_DUMMY)) {
ram_block_notify_remove(entry->vaddr_base, entry->size);
}
- if (munmap(entry->vaddr_base, entry->size) != 0) {
+
+ /*
+ * If an entry is being replaced by another mapping and we're using
+ * MAP_FIXED flag for it - there is possibility of a race for vaddr
+ * address with another thread doing an mmap call itself
+ * (see man 2 mmap). To avoid that we skip explicit unmapping here
+ * and allow the kernel to destroy the previous mappings by replacing
+ * them in mmap call later.
+ *
+ * Non-identical replacements are not allowed therefore.
+ */
+ assert(!vaddr || (entry->vaddr_base == vaddr && entry->size == size));
+
+ if (!vaddr && munmap(entry->vaddr_base, entry->size) != 0) {
perror("unmap fails");
exit(-1);
}