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Date:	Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:54:59 GMT
From:	"tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	yinhai@...nel.org, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	hpa@...ux.intel.com
Subject: [tip:x86/alternatives] x86, alternatives: BUG on encountering an invalid CPU feature number

Commit-ID:  3b770a2128423a687e6e9c57184a584fb4ba4c77
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/3b770a2128423a687e6e9c57184a584fb4ba4c77
Author:     H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:57:50 -0700
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:57:50 -0700

x86, alternatives: BUG on encountering an invalid CPU feature number

Make the alternatives-patching code BUG on encountering an invalid CPU
feature number.  Should have done this a long time ago.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinhai@...nel.org>
Cc: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
LKML-Reference: <tip-df378ccfc4dd04e263426ad805516915874774aa@....kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 7023773..f65ab8b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ void __init_or_module apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start,
 		u8 *instr = a->instr;
 		BUG_ON(a->replacementlen > a->instrlen);
 		BUG_ON(a->instrlen > sizeof(insnbuf));
+		BUG_ON(a->cpuid >= NCAPINTS*32);
 		if (!boot_cpu_has(a->cpuid))
 			continue;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
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