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50319 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Geert Uytterhoeven
ef596c697a [POWERPC] ps3: always make sure were running on a PS3
Add missing checks to PS3 specific drivers ps3av and sys-manager to verify that
we are actually running on a PS3 (pointed out by Arnd).

Correct existing checks in other subsystems/drivers to return -ENODEV instead
of zero.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@de.ibm.com>
2007-03-10 00:07:51 +01:00
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
94b2a4393c [POWERPC] Fix spu SLB invalidations
The SPU code doesn't properly invalidate SPUs SLBs when necessary,
for example when changing a segment size from the hugetlbfs code. In
addition, it saves and restores the SLB content on context switches
which makes it harder to properly handle those invalidations.

This patch removes the saving & restoring for now, something more
efficient might be found later on. It also adds a spu_flush_all_slbs(mm)
that can be used by the core mm code to flush the SLBs of all SPEs that
are running a given mm at the time of the flush.

In order to do that, it adds a spinlock to the list of all SPEs and move
some bits & pieces from spufs to spu_base.c

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
2007-03-10 00:07:50 +01:00
Christoph Hellwig
50b520d4ef [POWERPC] avoid SPU_ACTIVATE_NOWAKE optimization
This optimization was added recently but is still buggy,
so back it out for now.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@de.ibm.com>
2007-03-10 00:07:49 +01:00
Arnd Bergmann
aa0ed2bdb6 [POWERPC] spufs: fix possible memory corruption is spufs_mem_write
Due to a buggy unsigned comparison, it was possible to write
beyond the end of the local store file in spufs under some
circumstances.

This rewrites the buggy function to look more like
simple_copy_from_buffer.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Ulrich Weigand <Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com>
2007-03-10 00:07:48 +01:00
Kumar Gala
f194bda4ce [POWERPC] 85xx: Enable CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ
On chip 8250 UARTs share an interrupts on existing 85xx processors.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
2007-03-07 23:14:57 -06:00
Segher Boessenkool
49fdf3f078 [POWERPC] Select u-image as default image for Linkstation
Fixes image build error:

ln: accessing `arch/powerpc/boot/zImage': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/boot/zImage] Error 1
make: *** [zImage] Error 2

Signed-off-by: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Acked-by: G. Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
2007-03-07 23:04:47 -06:00
Li Yang
aea12b7548 [POWERPC] 83xx: Minor fixes for 834x_mds USB setup code
Fix broken node manipulating code, and clarify inaccurate comment.

Signed-off-by: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
2007-03-07 22:46:03 -06:00
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
b5d99e64bc [POWERPC] Fix warning in powermac pci.c
This fixes a warning due to unused result from pci_enable_device() in
powermac pci.c

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-03-08 04:09:34 +11:00
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
e71c5c38ed [POWERPC] Fix warning in powermac feature.c
This fixes a warning due to unused return from pci_enable_device() in
powermac feature.c core99_ata100_enable() function.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-03-08 04:09:34 +11:00
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
84532c9120 [POWERPC] Fix warning in prom_parse.c of_irq_map_oldworld()
This function spews a warning due to possible use of an uninitialized
variable. This can happen on broken device-trees or when called with
a NULL argument. Makes ure we properly fail instead.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-03-08 04:09:33 +11:00
Ishizaki Kou
8388374f1c [POWERPC] Celleb: bug fix caused by not casting pointer types
This fixes a bug caused by changes of pointer type in
commit f1fda89522.

hose->cfg_addr type is "volatile unsigned int __iomem *", so
"hose->cfg_addr + X" will not make an intended address.

This patch also adds comments for usage of cfg_addr and cfg_data in
pci_controller structure.  We use them in irregular way, and the
original code is short of explanations about them.

Signed-off-by: Kou Ishizaki <kou.ishizaki@toshiba.co.jp>
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-03-08 04:09:33 +11:00
Michael Ellerman
c99176a230 [POWERPC] Add missing newline in xmon help output
My patch to add spu disassembly (af89fb8041)
removed a newline from the xmon help that it shouldn't have, put it back.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-03-08 04:09:33 +11:00
Olof Johansson
3546e811f1 [POWERPC] No DEEPNAP on 970MP 1.0
970MP rev 1.0 is reported to have nonworking DEEPNAP support, we've had
bug reports of lockups on those machines. Appearantly Apple used them
on some dual-core dual-cpu systems. Rev 1.1 is OK, and that's the one
that all 4-way systems seem to use.

Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-03-08 04:09:32 +11:00
Linus Torvalds
08e15e81a4 Linux 2.6.21-rc3
.. hopefully most of the resume/suspend problems introduced by the timer
and other changes are behind us.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06 20:41:20 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
2f774456e4 Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6:
  [SPARC64]: Fix floppy build failure.
2007-03-06 19:57:46 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
5b3c1184e7 Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6:
  [DCCP]: Set RTO for newly created child socket
  [DCCP]: Correctly split CCID half connections
  [NET]: Fix compat_sock_common_getsockopt typo.
  [NET]: Revert incorrect accept queue backlog changes.
  [INET]: twcal_jiffie should be unsigned long, not int
  [GIANFAR]: Fix compile error in latest git
  [PPPOE]: Use ifindex instead of device pointer in key lookups.
  [NETFILTER]: ip6_route_me_harder should take into account mark
  [NETFILTER]: nfnetlink_log: fix reference counting
  [NETFILTER]: nfnetlink_log: fix module reference counting
  [NETFILTER]: nfnetlink_log: fix possible NULL pointer dereference
  [NETFILTER]: nfnetlink_log: fix NULL pointer dereference
  [NETFILTER]: nfnetlink_log: fix use after free
  [NETFILTER]: nfnetlink_log: fix reference leak
  [NETFILTER]: tcp conntrack: accept SYN|URG as valid
  [NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack/nf_nat: fix incorrect config ifdefs
  [NETFILTER]: conntrack: fix {nf,ip}_ct_iterate_cleanup endless loops
2007-03-06 19:53:34 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
fe1b4ba400 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6:
  [S390] cio: Call cancel_halt_clear even when actl == 0.
  [S390] cio: Use path verification to check for path state.
  [S390] cio: Fix locking when calling notify function.
  [S390] Fixed handling of access register mode faults.
  [S390] dasd: Use default recovery for SNSS requests
  [S390] check_bugs() should be inline.
  [S390] tape: Compression overwrites crypto setting
  [S390] nss: disable kexec.
  [S390] reipl: move dump_prefix_page out of text section.
  [S390] smp: disable preemption in smp_call_function/smp_call_function_on
  [S390] kprobes breaks BUG_ON
2007-03-06 19:52:50 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
ae5dd8e346 Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev
* 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev:
  pata_pdc202xx_old: fix data corruption and other problems
  pata_legacy: fix io/irq mismatch
  ahci: RAID mode SATA patch for Intel ICH9M
2007-03-06 19:44:13 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
38f3323037 Revert "[PATCH] LOG2: Alter get_order() so that it can make use of ilog2() on a constant"
This reverts commit 39d61db0ed.

The commit was buggy in multiple ways:
 - the conversion to ilog2() was incorrect to begin with
 - it tested the wrong #defines, so on all architectures but FRV you'd
   never see the bug except for constant arguments.
 - the new "get_order()" macro used its arguments multiple times, and
   didn't even parenthesize them properly
 - despite the comments, it was not true that you could use it for
   constant initializers, since not all architectures even use the
   generic page.h header file.

All of the problems are individually fixable, but it all boils down to:
better just revert it, and re-do it from scratch.

Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06 19:38:01 -08:00
Greg Ungerer
5d6deb940f [PATCH] m68knommu: remove local_bh_count
Remove un-used/un-referenced local_bh_count.

Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06 18:08:38 -08:00
Greg Ungerer
1ed35e0d8a [PATCH] m68knommu: use irq_handler_t and rtc_time in prototypes
Use irq_handler_t for passing clock handler routine around.
And use new rtc_time in place of hwclock_time.

Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06 18:08:38 -08:00
Greg Ungerer
8bb25184b3 [PATCH] m68knommu: GPIO line defines for the ColdFire 5282
For the Freescale M5282 ColdFire,
Port UA Pin Assignment Register should set to UART mode.
Patch submitted by David Wu <davidwu@arcturusnetworks.com>.

Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06 18:08:38 -08:00
Greg Ungerer
28580df03e [PATCH] m68knommu: fix work queues in mcfserial.c driver
Fix work queue code to support new model.

Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06 18:08:38 -08:00
Greg Ungerer
ebfcfef44e [PATCH] m68knommu: set GPIO lines for serial ports on 5282 in mcfserial.c
For the Freescale M5282 ColdFire,
Port UA Pin Assignment Register should set to UART mode.
Patch submitted by David Wu <davidwu@arcturusnetworks.com>.

Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06 18:08:38 -08:00
Greg Ungerer
8668fb5d8d [PATCH] m68knommu: use irq_handler_t and remove regs arg for 68328
Remove regs arg from bad interrupt handler.
Use irq_handler_t type for handler arg of local request_irq().

Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06 18:08:38 -08:00
Greg Ungerer
1ea9acc782 [PATCH] m68knommu: use irq_handler_t for passing handler types in 68328 setup
Use irq_handler_t type for passing around timer interrupt routine
in 368360 setup code.

Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06 18:08:38 -08:00
Greg Ungerer
b032fde909 [PATCH] m68knommu: use irq_handler_t for passing handler types in 68360 setup
Use irq_handler_t type for passing around timer interrupt routine.

Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06 18:08:38 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
1ba73b99c3 Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6
* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6:
  [IA64] kexec: Use EFI_LOADER_DATA for ELF core header
  [IA64] permon use-after-free fix
  [IA64] sync compat getdents
  [IA64] always build arch/ia64/lib/xor.o
  [IA64] Remove stack hard limit on ia64
  [IA64] point saved_max_pfn to the max_pfn of the entire system
  Revert "[IA64] swiotlb abstraction (e.g. for Xen)"
2007-03-06 18:05:10 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
185d84b4e1 Merge branch 'upstream' of git://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/upstream-linus
* 'upstream' of git://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/upstream-linus:
  [MIPS] IP27: Build fix
  [MIPS] Wire up ioprio_set and ioprio_get.
  [MIPS] Fix __raw_read_trylock() to allow multiple readers
  [MIPS] Export __copy_user_inatomic.
  [MIPS] R2 bitops compile fix for gcc < 4.0.
  [MIPS] TX39: Remove redundant tx39_blast_icache() calls
  [MIPS] Cobalt: Fix early printk
  [MIPS] SMTC: De-obscure Malta hooks.
  [MIPS] SMTC: Add fordward declarations for mm_struct and task_struct.
  [MIPS] SMTC: <asm/mips_mt.h> must include <linux/cpumask.h>
  [MIPS] SMTC: <asm/smtc_ipi.h> must include <linux/spinlock.h>
  [MIPS] Atlas, Malta: Fix build warning.
2007-03-06 18:02:46 -08:00
Mark Gross
03154a2710 [PATCH] minor updat to tlclk Kconfig entry
The tlclk driver is going on the MPCBL005 so I need to make the Kconfig
more more generic.  Just some text changes.

Signed-off-by: Mark Gross <mark.gross@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06 18:02:22 -08:00
Marcel Holtmann
059819a41d [PATCH] Fix buffer overflow in Omnikey CardMan 4040 driver (CVE-2007-0005)
Based on a patch from Don Howard <dhoward@redhat.com>

When calling write() with a buffer larger than 512 bytes, the
driver's write buffer overflows, allowing to overwrite the EIP and
execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

In read(), there exists a similar problem, but coming from the device.
A malicous or buggy device sending more than 512 bytes can overflow
of the driver's read buffer, with the same effects as above.

Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06 18:01:04 -08:00
Hugh Dickins
266d4f4037 [PATCH] suspend regression: sysfs deadlock
Suspend deadlocks when trying to unregister /sys/block/sr0.

This comes from Oliver's commit 94bebf4d1b
"Driver core: fix race in sysfs between sysfs_remove_file() and
read()/write()".

sysfs_write_file downs buffer->sem while calling flush_write_buffer, and
flushing that particular write buffer entails downing buffer->sem in
orphan_all_buffers, resulting in the obvious self-deadlock.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06 17:59:14 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
7c368bb104 Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid
* 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid:
  HID blacklisting of all Code Mercenaries IOWarrior devices
2007-03-06 17:34:28 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
cba5a641ca Merge branch 'linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perex/alsa
* 'linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perex/alsa:
  [ALSA] version 1.0.14rc3
  [ALSA] cmipci - Allow to disable integrated FM port
  [ALSA] hda-codec - Fix logic error in headphone mute for Conexant codecs
  [ALSA] hda-codec - Add missing Mic Boost for AD1986A codec
  [ALSA] ac97 - Add Thinkpad X31 and R40 to AD1981x blacklist
  [ALSA] Add missing sysfs device assignment for ALSA PCI drivers
  [ALSA] hda-codec - Define pin configs for MacBooks
  [ALSA] hda-codec - Add missing Mic Boost controls for ALC262
  [ALSA] soc - WM9712 PCM volume
  [ALSA] soc - Fix WM9712 register cache entry
  [ALSA] hda-codec - Add method for configuring Mac Pro without PCI SSID
  [ALSA] hda-codec - Add LFE support on Dell M90
2007-03-06 17:32:45 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
9f6632d629 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6:
  [CIFS] cifs_prepare_write was incorrectly rereading page in some cases
  [CIFS] Fix set file size to zero when doing chmod to Samba 3.0.26pre
  [CIFS] Remove some unused functions/declarations
  [CIFS] New file for previous commit
  [CIFS] cifs export operations
  [CIFS] small piece missing from previous patch
  [CIFS] Fix locking problem around some cifs uses of i_size write
2007-03-06 17:32:22 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
8328258e74 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc:
  sdhci: release irq during suspend
  sdhci: make isr tolerant of read errors
  mmc: require explicit support for high-speed
  ncpfs: make sure server connection survives a kill
2007-03-06 17:31:29 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
205c911da3 Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6
* 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6:
  sis900 warning fixes
  mv643xx_eth: Place explicit port number in mv643xx_eth_platform_data
  pcnet32: Fix PCnet32 performance bug on non-coherent architecutres
  __devinit & __devexit cleanups for de2104x driver
  3c59x: Handle pci_enable_device() failure while resuming
  dmfe: Fix link detection
  dmfe: fix two bugs
  dmfe: trivial/spelling fixes
  revert "drivers/net/tulip/dmfe: support basic carrier detection"
  ucc_geth: returns NETDEV_TX_BUSY when BD ring is full
  ucc_geth: Fix BD processing
  natsemi: netpoll fixes
  bonding: Improve IGMP join processing
  bonding: only receive ARPs for us
  bonding: fix double dev_add_pack
2007-03-06 17:30:59 -08:00
Ralf Baechle
063ea774b0 [MIPS] IP27: Build fix
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2007-03-07 00:07:18 +00:00
Ralf Baechle
08253b39f8 [MIPS] Wire up ioprio_set and ioprio_get.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2007-03-07 00:07:18 +00:00
Dave Johnson
d52c2d5a62 [MIPS] Fix __raw_read_trylock() to allow multiple readers
A deadlock can occur for mixed irq and non-irq rwlock readers if a 2nd
reader attempts to take lock by looping around __raw_read_trylock().

Signed-off-by: Dave Johnson <djohnson+linux-mips@sw.starentnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2007-03-07 00:07:17 +00:00
Ralf Baechle
d0c91ae2bb [MIPS] Export __copy_user_inatomic.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2007-03-07 00:07:17 +00:00
Ralf Baechle
b961153be9 [MIPS] R2 bitops compile fix for gcc < 4.0.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2007-03-07 00:07:17 +00:00
Atsushi Nemoto
a5664c4075 [MIPS] TX39: Remove redundant tx39_blast_icache() calls
Apply commit 0550d9d13e to c-tx39.c too.
And fix a warning in local_tx39_flush_data_cache_page().

Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2007-03-07 00:07:16 +00:00
Yoichi Yuasa
0a22e0d43b [MIPS] Cobalt: Fix early printk
Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2007-03-07 00:07:16 +00:00
Ralf Baechle
57a2050c40 [MIPS] SMTC: De-obscure Malta hooks.
Should now be understandable why the thing works ...

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2007-03-07 00:07:16 +00:00
Ralf Baechle
b3920590b5 [MIPS] SMTC: Add fordward declarations for mm_struct and task_struct.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2007-03-07 00:07:16 +00:00
Ralf Baechle
32fac80be6 [MIPS] SMTC: <asm/mips_mt.h> must include <linux/cpumask.h>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2007-03-07 00:07:15 +00:00
Ralf Baechle
22e651c6ae [MIPS] SMTC: <asm/smtc_ipi.h> must include <linux/spinlock.h>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2007-03-07 00:07:15 +00:00
Ralf Baechle
f76b7ea48a [MIPS] Atlas, Malta: Fix build warning.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2007-03-07 00:07:15 +00:00
Magnus Damm
cee87af2a5 [IA64] kexec: Use EFI_LOADER_DATA for ELF core header
The address where the ELF core header is stored is passed to the secondary
kernel as a kernel command line option.  The memory area for this header is
also marked as a separate EFI memory descriptor on ia64.

The separate EFI memory descriptor is at the moment of the type
EFI_UNUSABLE_MEMORY.  With such a type the secondary kernel skips over the
entire memory granule (config option, 16M or 64M) when detecting memory.
If we are lucky we will just lose some memory, but if we happen to have
data in the same granule (such as an initramfs image), then this data will
never get mapped and the kernel bombs out when trying to access it.

So this is an attempt to fix this by changing the EFI memory descriptor
type into EFI_LOADER_DATA.  This type is the same type used for the kernel
data and for initramfs.  In the secondary kernel we then handle the ELF
core header data the same way as we handle the initramfs image.

This patch contains the kernel changes to make this happen.  Pretty
straightforward, we reserve the area in reserve_memory().  The address for
the area comes from the kernel command line and the size comes from the
specialized EFI parsing function vmcore_find_descriptor_size().

The kexec-tools-testing code for this can be found here:
http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/fastboot/2007-February/005983.html

Signed-off-by: Magnus Damm <magnus@valinux.co.jp>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2007-03-06 14:50:33 -08:00