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[PATCH] kdump: Save parameter segment in protected mode (x86) 

o With introduction of kexec as boot-loader, the assumption that parameter
  segment will always be loaded at lower address than kernel and will be
  addressable by early bootup page tables is no longer valid. In kexec on
  panic case parameter segment might well be loaded beyond kernel image and
  might not be addressable by early boot page tables.
o This case might hit in the scenario where user has reserved a chunk of
  memory for second kernel, for example 16MB to 64MB, and has also built
  second kernel for physical memory location 16MB. In this case kexec has no
  choice but to load the parameter segment at a higher address than new kernel
  image at safe location where new kernel does not stomp it.
o Though problem should automatically go away once relocatable kernel for i386
  is in place and kexec can determine the location of new kernel at run time
  and load parameter segment at lower address than kernel image. But till then
  this patch can go in (assuming it does not break something else).
o This patch moves up the boot parameter saving code. Now boot parameters
  are copied out in protected mode before page tables are initialized. This
  will ensure that parameter segment is always addressable irrespective of
  its physical location.

Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
wifi-calibration
Vivek Goyal 2005-09-03 15:56:31 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 5fd75ebb1a
commit 484b90c4b9
1 changed files with 26 additions and 22 deletions
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arch/i386/kernel/head.S
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@ -77,6 +77,32 @@ ENTRY(startup_32)
subl %edi,%ecx
shrl $2,%ecx
rep ; stosl
/*
* Copy bootup parameters out of the way.
* Note: %esi still has the pointer to the real-mode data.
* With the kexec as boot loader, parameter segment might be loaded beyond
* kernel image and might not even be addressable by early boot page tables.
* (kexec on panic case). Hence copy out the parameters before initializing
* page tables.
*/
movl $(boot_params - __PAGE_OFFSET),%edi
movl $(PARAM_SIZE/4),%ecx
cld
rep
movsl
movl boot_params - __PAGE_OFFSET + NEW_CL_POINTER,%esi
andl %esi,%esi
jnz 2f # New command line protocol
cmpw $(OLD_CL_MAGIC),OLD_CL_MAGIC_ADDR
jne 1f
movzwl OLD_CL_OFFSET,%esi
addl $(OLD_CL_BASE_ADDR),%esi
2:
movl $(saved_command_line - __PAGE_OFFSET),%edi
movl $(COMMAND_LINE_SIZE/4),%ecx
rep
movsl
1:
/*
* Initialize page tables. This creates a PDE and a set of page
@ -214,28 +240,6 @@ ENTRY(startup_32_smp)
*/
call setup_idt
/*
* Copy bootup parameters out of the way.
* Note: %esi still has the pointer to the real-mode data.
*/
movl $boot_params,%edi
movl $(PARAM_SIZE/4),%ecx
cld
rep
movsl
movl boot_params+NEW_CL_POINTER,%esi
andl %esi,%esi
jnz 2f # New command line protocol
cmpw $(OLD_CL_MAGIC),OLD_CL_MAGIC_ADDR
jne 1f
movzwl OLD_CL_OFFSET,%esi
addl $(OLD_CL_BASE_ADDR),%esi
2:
movl $saved_command_line,%edi
movl $(COMMAND_LINE_SIZE/4),%ecx
rep
movsl
1:
checkCPUtype:
movl $-1,X86_CPUID # -1 for no CPUID initially