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-rw-r--r--tools/libxc/xc_linux_osdep.c4
-rw-r--r--tools/libxc/xenctrl.h32
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/tools/libxc/xc_linux_osdep.c b/tools/libxc/xc_linux_osdep.c
index 33fdba3605..787e74285e 100644
--- a/tools/libxc/xc_linux_osdep.c
+++ b/tools/libxc/xc_linux_osdep.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+ /******************************************************************************
*
* Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* Use is subject to license terms.
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static void linux_privcmd_free_hypercall_buffer(xc_interface *xch, xc_osdep_hand
{
/* Recover the VMA flags. Maybe it's not necessary */
madvise(ptr, npages * XC_PAGE_SIZE, MADV_DOFORK);
-
+
munmap(ptr, npages * XC_PAGE_SIZE);
}
diff --git a/tools/libxc/xenctrl.h b/tools/libxc/xenctrl.h
index f5583fbab6..b7741ca543 100644
--- a/tools/libxc/xenctrl.h
+++ b/tools/libxc/xenctrl.h
@@ -135,10 +135,9 @@ typedef enum xc_error_code xc_error_code;
* have an open hypervisor interface at the same time.
*
* Note:
- * Child processes must not use the opened xc interface handle that inherits
- * from parents. They should reopen the handle if they want to interact with
- * xc. Otherwise, it may cause segment fault to access hypercall buffer caches
- * of the handle.
+ * After fork a child process must not use any opened xc interface
+ * handle inherited from their parent. They must open a new handle if
+ * they want to interact with xc.
*
* Each call to this function should have a corresponding call to
* xc_interface_close().
@@ -915,10 +914,9 @@ int xc_evtchn_status(xc_interface *xch, xc_evtchn_status_t *status);
* errno will be set appropriately.
*
* Note:
- * Child processes must not use the opened xc evtchn handle that inherits from
- * parents. They should reopen the handle if they want to interact with xc.
- * Otherwise, it may cause segment fault to access hypercall buffer caches of
- * the handle.
+ * After fork a child process must not use any opened xc evtchn
+ * handle inherited from their parent. They must open a new handle if
+ * they want to interact with xc.
*
* Before Xen pre-4.1 this function would sometimes report errors with perror.
*/
@@ -1351,12 +1349,13 @@ int xc_domain_subscribe_for_suspend(
/*
* These functions sometimes log messages as above, but not always.
- *
+ */
+
+/*
* Note:
- * Child processes must not use the opened xc gnttab handle that inherits from
- * parents. They should reopen the handle if they want to interact with xc.
- * Otherwise, it may cause segment fault to access hypercall buffer caches of
- * the handle.
+ * After fork a child process must not use any opened xc gnttab
+ * handle inherited from their parent. They must open a new handle if
+ * they want to interact with xc.
*
* Return an fd onto the grant table driver. Logs errors.
*/
@@ -1476,10 +1475,9 @@ grant_entry_v2_t *xc_gnttab_map_table_v2(xc_interface *xch, int domid, int *gnt_
* Return an fd onto the grant sharing driver. Logs errors.
*
* Note:
- * Child processes must not use the opened xc gntshr handle that inherits from
- * parents. They should reopen the handle if they want to interact with xc.
- * Otherwise, it may cause segment fault to access hypercall buffer caches of
- * the handle.
+ * After fork a child process must not use any opened xc gntshr
+ * handle inherited from their parent. They must open a new handle if
+ * they want to interact with xc.
*
*/
xc_gntshr *xc_gntshr_open(xentoollog_logger *logger,