linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.18 099/168] riscv: Do not overwrite initrd_start and initrd

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Message-Id: <20181008175623.826535321@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon,  8 Oct 2018 20:31:19 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.18 099/168] riscv: Do not overwrite initrd_start and initrd_end

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

------------------

From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>

[ Upstream commit e866d3e84eb7c9588afb77604d417e8cc49fe216 ]

setup_initrd() overwrites initrd_start and initrd_end if __initramfs_size
is larger than 0, which is always true even if there is no embedded
initramfs. This prevents booting qemu with "-initrd" parameter.
Overwriting initrd_start and initrd_end is not necessary since
__initramfs_start and __initramfs_size are used directly in
populate_rootfs() to load the built-in initramfs, so just drop
that code.

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c |    7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
@@ -64,15 +64,8 @@ atomic_t hart_lottery;
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 static void __init setup_initrd(void)
 {
-	extern char __initramfs_start[];
-	extern unsigned long __initramfs_size;
 	unsigned long size;
 
-	if (__initramfs_size > 0) {
-		initrd_start = (unsigned long)(&__initramfs_start);
-		initrd_end = initrd_start + __initramfs_size;
-	}
-
 	if (initrd_start >= initrd_end) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "initrd not found or empty");
 		goto disable;