linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 072/158] MIPS: Malta: Improve system memory detection for {e, }memsize >= 2G

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Date:	Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:25:11 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@...tec.com>,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 072/158] MIPS: Malta: Improve system memory detection for {e, }memsize >= 2G

3.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@...tec.com>

commit 64615682658373516863b5b5971ff1d922d0ae7b upstream.

Using kstrtol to parse the "{e,}memsize" variables was wrong because this
parses signed long numbers. In case of '{e,}memsize' >= 2G, the top bit
is set, resulting to -ERANGE errors and possibly random system memory
boundaries. We fix this by replacing "kstrtol" with "kstrtoul".
We also improve the code to check the kstrtoul return value and
print a warning if an error was returned.

Signed-off-by: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@...tec.com>
Cc: linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/7543/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-memory.c |   14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-memory.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-memory.c
@@ -34,13 +34,19 @@ fw_memblock_t * __init fw_getmdesc(int e
 	/* otherwise look in the environment */
 
 	memsize_str = fw_getenv("memsize");
-	if (memsize_str)
-		tmp = kstrtol(memsize_str, 0, &memsize);
+	if (memsize_str) {
+		tmp = kstrtoul(memsize_str, 0, &memsize);
+		if (tmp)
+			pr_warn("Failed to read the 'memsize' env variable.\n");
+	}
 	if (eva) {
 	/* Look for ememsize for EVA */
 		ememsize_str = fw_getenv("ememsize");
-		if (ememsize_str)
-			tmp = kstrtol(ememsize_str, 0, &ememsize);
+		if (ememsize_str) {
+			tmp = kstrtoul(ememsize_str, 0, &ememsize);
+			if (tmp)
+				pr_warn("Failed to read the 'ememsize' env variable.\n");
+		}
 	}
 	if (!memsize && !ememsize) {
 		pr_warn("memsize not set in YAMON, set to default (32Mb)\n");


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