linux-kernel - [PATCH] xen: relax signature check

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Date:	Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:00:41 -0800
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>
Subject: [PATCH] xen: relax signature check

Some versions of Xen 3.x set their magic number to "xen-3.[12]", so
relax the test to match them.

[ Linus: Please apply for 2.6.24. Thanks - J ]

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...source.com>

---
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

===================================================================
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init xen_start_kernel(
 	if (!xen_start_info)
 		return;
 
-	BUG_ON(memcmp(xen_start_info->magic, "xen-3.0", 7) != 0);
+	BUG_ON(memcmp(xen_start_info->magic, "xen-3", 5) != 0);
 
 	/* Install Xen paravirt ops */
 	pv_info = xen_info;


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