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fd97fd4408040a9a6dfaf2fdaeca1c566db6d0aa exec: Fix memory allocation when memory path names new file
Commit 8d31d6b extended file_ram_alloc() to accept file names in
addition to directory names. Even though it passes O_CREAT to open(),
it actually works only for existing files. Reproducer adapted from
the commit's qemu-doc.texi update:
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -object memory-backend-file,size=2M,mem-path=/dev/hugepages/my-shmem-file,id=mb1
qemu-system-x86_64: -object memory-backend-file,size=2M,mem-path=/dev/hugepages/my-shmem-file,id=mb1: failed to get page size of file /dev/hugepages/my-shmem-file: No such file or directory
This is because we first get the page size for @path, then open the
actual file. Unwise even before the flawed commit, because the
directory could change in between, invalidating the page size.
Unlikely to bite in practice.
Rearrange the code to create the file (if necessary) before getting
its page size. Carefully avoid TOCTTOU conditions with a method
suggested by Paolo Bonzini.
While there, replace "hugepages" by "guest RAM" in error messages,
because host memory backends can be used for purposes other than huge
pages, e.g. /dev/shm/ shared memory. Help text of -mem-path agrees.
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <1457378754-21649-2-git-send-email-armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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