[PATCH] x86: fix early_reserve_e820()

From: Jan Beulich
Date: Wed May 06 2009 - 08:01:20 EST


Impact: bug fix

If the first non-reserved (sub-)range doesn't fit the size requested,
an endless loop will be entered. If a range returned from
find_e820_area_size() turns out insufficient in size, the range must
be skipped before calling the function again.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.30-rc4/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c 2009-04-30 09:42:42.000000000 +0200
+++ 2.6.30-rc4-x86-early-reserve-e820/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c 2009-05-06 11:25:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -1074,12 +1074,13 @@ u64 __init early_reserve_e820(u64 startt
u64 addr;
u64 start;

- start = startt;
- while (size < sizet && (start + 1))
+ for (start = startt; ; start += size) {
start = find_e820_area_size(start, &size, align);
-
- if (size < sizet)
- return 0;
+ if (!(start + 1))
+ return 0;
+ if (size >= sizet)
+ break;
+ }

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
if (start >= MAXMEM)



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