linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: ioremap mptable

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Date:	Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:25:21 -0800
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: ioremap mptable


Impact: fix boot with mptable above max_low_mapped

try to use early_ioremap to map mpc to make sure it works even it is
at end of ram on system.

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Reported-and-tested-by: Kevin O'Connor <kevin@...onnor.net>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c |   26 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c
@@ -558,6 +558,19 @@ static inline void __init construct_defa
 
 static struct mpf_intel *mpf_found;
 
+static unsigned long __init get_mpc_size(unsigned long physptr)
+{
+	struct mpc_table *mpc;
+	unsigned long size;
+
+	mpc = early_ioremap(physptr, PAGE_SIZE);
+	size = mpc->length;
+	early_iounmap(mpc, PAGE_SIZE);
+	apic_printk(APIC_VERBOSE, "  mpc: %lx-%lx\n", physptr, physptr + size);
+
+	return size;
+}
+
 /*
  * Scan the memory blocks for an SMP configuration block.
  */
@@ -611,12 +624,16 @@ static void __init __get_smp_config(unsi
 		construct_default_ISA_mptable(mpf->feature1);
 
 	} else if (mpf->physptr) {
+		struct mpc_table *mpc;
+		unsigned long size;
 
+		size = get_mpc_size(mpf->physptr);
+		mpc = early_ioremap(mpf->physptr, size);
 		/*
 		 * Read the physical hardware table.  Anything here will
 		 * override the defaults.
 		 */
-		if (!smp_read_mpc(phys_to_virt(mpf->physptr), early)) {
+		if (!smp_read_mpc(mpc, early)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
 			smp_found_config = 0;
 #endif
@@ -624,8 +641,10 @@ static void __init __get_smp_config(unsi
 			       "BIOS bug, MP table errors detected!...\n");
 			printk(KERN_ERR "... disabling SMP support. "
 			       "(tell your hw vendor)\n");
+			early_iounmap(mpc, size);
 			return;
 		}
+		early_iounmap(mpc, size);
 
 		if (early)
 			return;
--
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