@@ -1751,6 +1751,22 @@ void asmlinkage __init noreturn __start_xen(unsigned long mbi_p)
numa_initmem_init(0, raw_max_page);
+ /*
+ * When we do not have a direct map, memory for metadata of heap nodes in
+ * init_node_heap() is allocated from xenheap, which needs to be mapped and
+ * unmapped on demand. However, we cannot just take memory from the boot
+ * allocator to create the PTEs while we are passing memory to the heap
+ * allocator during end_boot_allocator().
+ *
+ * To solve this race, we need to leave early boot before
+ * end_boot_allocator() so that Xen PTE pages are allocated from the heap
+ * instead of the boot allocator. We can do this because the metadata for
+ * the 1st node is statically allocated, and by the time we need memory to
+ * create mappings for the 2nd node, we already have enough memory in the
+ * heap allocator in the 1st node.
+ */
+ system_state = SYS_STATE_boot;
+
if ( max_page - 1 > virt_to_mfn(HYPERVISOR_VIRT_END - 1) )
{
unsigned long lo = virt_to_mfn(HYPERVISOR_VIRT_END - 1);
@@ -1782,8 +1798,6 @@ void asmlinkage __init noreturn __start_xen(unsigned long mbi_p)
else
end_boot_allocator();
- system_state = SYS_STATE_boot;
-
bsp_stack = cpu_alloc_stack(0);
if ( !bsp_stack )
panic("No memory for BSP stack\n");