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authorJavier <dev.git@javispedro.com>2022-03-11 00:40:34 +0100
committerJavier <dev.git@javispedro.com>2022-03-11 00:40:34 +0100
commita5ae81421c666fe55bbd8c6272cc94da9acd830b (patch)
tree8e74c9701ebd27bc06f11878901d38267ea02cb3 /vbox.c
parent97b4a5b95e0f6a3fbe2f785b95dd92663f40c8cc (diff)
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fix random lock failure with paging on/vds
Diffstat (limited to 'vbox.c')
-rw-r--r--vbox.c25
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/vbox.c b/vbox.c
index 456877b..6278d6b 100644
--- a/vbox.c
+++ b/vbox.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
#include <windows.h>
#include <i86.h>
-#include <string.h>
#include "pci.h"
#include "vds.h"
@@ -119,11 +118,11 @@ int vbox_init(void)
/** Allocates the buffers that will be used to communicate with the VirtualBox device. */
int vbox_alloc_buffers(void)
{
- const unsigned int bufferSize = 48; // This should be the largest of all VMMDevRequest* structs that we can send
+ const unsigned int bufferSize = 36; // This should be the largest of all VMMDevRequest* structs that we can send
int err;
- // Allocate the buffer
- hBuf = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_FIXED|GMEM_SHARE, bufferSize);
+ // Allocate the buffer (double the size for reasons explained below)
+ hBuf = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_FIXED|GMEM_SHARE, bufferSize * 2);
if (!hBuf) return -1;
// Keep it in memory at a fixed location
@@ -132,6 +131,7 @@ int vbox_alloc_buffers(void)
// Get the usable pointer / logical address of the buffer
pBuf = (LPVOID) GlobalLock(hBuf);
+ if (!pBuf) return -1;
if (vds_available()) {
// Use the Virtual DMA Service to get the physical address of this buffer
@@ -141,7 +141,22 @@ int vbox_alloc_buffers(void)
bufdds.bufferId = 0;
bufdds.physicalAddress = 0;
- err = vds_lock_dma_buffer_region(&bufdds, VDS_NO_AUTO_ALLOC | VDS_NO_AUTO_REMAP);
+ err = vds_lock_dma_buffer_region(&bufdds, VDS_NO_AUTO_ALLOC);
+ if (err == VDS_REGION_NOT_CONTIGUOUS) {
+ // This is why we made the allocation double the required size
+ // If the buffer happens to be on a page boundary,
+ // it may not be contiguous and cause the call to fail.
+ // So, we try to lock the 2nd half of the allocation,
+ // which should not be on a page boundary.
+ vbox_logs("VDS try again\n");
+ pBuf = (char FAR*) pBuf + bufferSize;
+ bufdds.regionSize = bufferSize;
+ bufdds.offset += bufferSize;
+ err = vds_lock_dma_buffer_region(&bufdds, VDS_NO_AUTO_ALLOC);
+ }
+ if (err) {
+ vbox_logs("VDS lock failure\n");
+ }
} else {
bufdds.regionSize = 0; // Indicates we don't have to unlock this later on