linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.28-rc6: early panic with boot option "nosmp"

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Date:	Thu, 4 Dec 2008 13:33:35 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.28-rc6: early panic with boot option "nosmp"

> The exception raised on dereferencing mpf or mpf_found.

This obvious patch should fix it then. Does it?

--

Fix early exception in __get_smp_config with nosmp

Bail out early when there is no MP table.

Reported by Wu Fengguang
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6.28-rc4-test/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.28-rc4-test.orig/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c	2008-10-24 13:34:40.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.28-rc4-test/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c	2008-12-04 13:20:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -604,6 +604,9 @@
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Using ACPI for processor (LAPIC) "
 		       "configuration information\n");
 
+	if (!mpf)
+		return;
+
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.%d\n",
 	       mpf->mpf_specification);
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) && defined(CONFIG_X86_32)

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