linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] x86/kexec change for v3.1

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Message-ID: <20110723092558.GA20219@elte.hu>
Date:	Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:25:58 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] x86/kexec change for v3.1

Linus,

Please pull the latest x86-kexec-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git x86-kexec-for-linus

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Huang Ying (1):
      kexec, x86: Fix incorrect jump back address if not preserving context


 arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_32.S |    2 ++
 arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_32.S
index 4123553..36818f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_32.S
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ relocate_kernel:
 	ret
 
 identity_mapped:
+	/* set return address to 0 if not preserving context */
+	pushl	$0
 	/* store the start address on the stack */
 	pushl   %edx
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
index 4de8f5b..7a6f3b3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ relocate_kernel:
 	ret
 
 identity_mapped:
+	/* set return address to 0 if not preserving context */
+	pushq	$0
 	/* store the start address on the stack */
 	pushq   %rdx
 
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