linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] x86 fix left over from v4.0

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Message-ID: <20150413094756.GA31187@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Apr 2015 11:47:57 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] x86 fix left over from v4.0

Linus,

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

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

   # HEAD: 22ef882e6b5bd2bf668d10b1e2be3dc2fc365b99 x86/mm/numa: Fix kernel stack corruption in numa_init()->numa_clear_kernel_node_hotplug()

Fix a local stack variable corruption with certain kdump usage 
patterns. (Dave Young)

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Dave Young (1):
      x86/mm/numa: Fix kernel stack corruption in numa_init()->numa_clear_kernel_node_hotplug()


 arch/x86/mm/numa.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
index cd4785bbacb9..4053bb58bf92 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
@@ -482,9 +482,16 @@ static void __init numa_clear_kernel_node_hotplug(void)
 				  &memblock.reserved, mb->nid);
 	}
 
-	/* Mark all kernel nodes. */
+	/*
+	 * Mark all kernel nodes.
+	 *
+	 * When booting with mem=nn[kMG] or in a kdump kernel, numa_meminfo
+	 * may not include all the memblock.reserved memory ranges because
+	 * trim_snb_memory() reserves specific pages for Sandy Bridge graphics.
+	 */
 	for_each_memblock(reserved, r)
-		node_set(r->nid, numa_kernel_nodes);
+		if (r->nid != MAX_NUMNODES)
+			node_set(r->nid, numa_kernel_nodes);
 
 	/* Clear MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG flag for memory in kernel nodes. */
 	for (i = 0; i < numa_meminfo.nr_blks; i++) {
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