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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:09:48 -0700 From: Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org Cc: stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> Subject: [08/44] x86: Fix panic when handling "mem={invalid}" param 2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com> commit 77eed821accf5dd962b1f13bed0680e217e49112 upstream. Avoid removing all of memory and panicing when "mem={invalid}" is specified, e.g. mem=blahblah, mem=0, or mem=nopentium (on platforms other than x86_32). Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553464 Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl> LKML-Reference: <1296783486-23033-1-git-send-email-kamal@...onical.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de> --- arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c @@ -1245,6 +1245,9 @@ static int __init parse_memopt(char *p) userdef = 1; mem_size = memparse(p, &p); + /* don't remove all of memory when handling "mem={invalid}" param */ + if (mem_size == 0) + return -EINVAL; e820_remove_range(mem_size, ULLONG_MAX - mem_size, E820_RAM, 1); return 0; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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