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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 <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <[email protected]> Message-Id: <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]>
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