Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:45:39 -0800 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: Shawn Webb <lattera@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bhyve cannot allocate memory Message-ID: <54723963.1010101@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20141123144349.84f648dcfc1169bf952c7ee7@gmail.com> References: <20141122215245.d9380cc4e43cb5e60d479009@gmail.com> <20141122220202.09523b0ae828993174af05d8@gmail.com> <5471513C.6040400@freebsd.org> <CADt0fhxEavv5e6tbmORxUZgPNGQNZiu2O=PtO6aKhW%2B_fkRSZQ@mail.gmail.com> <54715438.3090905@freebsd.org> <CADt0fhxFzqKbw7kndeUVQaVeJ_jj=-yNUgvD6ntn7hM3YGqCLA@mail.gmail.com> <54715822.2010309@freebsd.org> <CADt0fhwTSci31wwq8UoN2JpUGHKgLNiDXymZQyeWYFVd4i7PJA@mail.gmail.com> <54715911.1090100@freebsd.org> <CADt0fhxCv3DneeoVewGEz7%2BQ53gqDNENJKD2-CH6Sxz=PFT3ig@mail.gmail.com> <54715B13.9020303@freebsd.org> <20141123144349.84f648dcfc1169bf952c7ee7@gmail.com>
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> Oliver fixed the problem. bhyve's vmm.ko uses VM_MIN_ADDRESS, which > defaults to NULL in FreeBSD. We modified that to be at 64k to prevent > NULL dereferences. Combine that with the removal of map_at_zero, NULL > deref is not possible anymore. But since we bumped VM_MIN_ADDRESS up, > bhyve's vmm.ko no longer attempts to map at NULL (which it absolutely > needs to). The change Oliver made simply uses 0 instead of > VM_MIN_ADDRESS. If this is a change FreeBSD wants upstream, we'd love > it merged upstream. > > Commit for reference: > https://github.com/HardenedBSD/hardenedBSD/commit/23bd719ce1e3a8cc42fc8317b1c7c6d9e74dcba0 Thanks - we'll submit this. later, Peter.
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