1. 23 Feb, 2009 1 commit
    • Yinghai Lu's avatar
      x86: check mptable physptr with max_low_pfn on 32bit · ecda0628
      Yinghai Lu authored
      Impact: fix early crash on LinuxBIOS systems
      
      Kevin O'Connor reported that Coreboot aka LinuxBIOS tries to put
      mptable somewhere very high, well above max_low_pfn (below which
      BIOSes generally put the mptable), causing a panic.
      
      The BIOS will probably be changed to be compatible with older
      Linus versions, but nevertheless the MP-spec does not forbid
      an MP-table in arbitrary system RAM, so make sure it all
      works even if the table is in an unexpected place.
      
      Check physptr with max_low_pfn * PAGE_SIZE.
      Reported-by: default avatarKevin O'Connor <kevin@koconnor.net>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarYinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
      Cc: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
      Cc: coreboot@coreboot.org
      Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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