On Tue, Apr 04, 2023 at 11:19:08AM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Besides a printk() the main effect is slight corruption of the start
> info magic: While that's meant to be xen-3.0-x86_64, it wrongly ended
> up as xen-3.0-x86_64p.
>
> Note that no known users exist that would have developed a dependency on
> the bogus magic string. In particular Linux, NetBSD, and mini-os have
> been checked.
>
> Fixes: 460060f83d41 ("libelf: use for x86 dom0 builder")
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné <[email protected]>
> ---
> RFC: While Linux works fine with the adjustment, I'm not entirely
> certain of external tools (crash?) having grown a dependency. It
> may be worth noting that XenoLinux and its forward ports never had
> this ELF note in 64-bit kernels, so in principle it may be
> reasonable to expect that no such dependency exists anywhere.
>
> Prior to "x86/PV32: restore PAE-extended-CR3 logic" that (meaningless
> for 64-bit domains) VM-assist could also be engaged, based on the ELF
> note's value. I expect that change to go in first, at which point the
> description here is going to be correct (in not mentioning this VM-
> assist aspect).
Will look at it now.
Thanks, Roger.
