linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] riscv: Fix range looking for kernel image memblock

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Date:   Wed, 04 Mar 2020 15:16:30 -0800 (PST)
From:   Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
To:     alex@...ti.fr
CC:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, anup@...infault.org,
        jan.kiszka@....de, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        alex@...ti.fr
Subject:     Re: [PATCH] riscv: Fix range looking for kernel image memblock

On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 21:28:47 PST (-0800), alex@...ti.fr wrote:
> When looking for the memblock where the kernel lives, we should check
> that the memory range associated to the memblock entirely comprises the
> kernel image and not only intersects with it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> index 965a8cf4829c..fab855963c73 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void __init setup_bootmem(void)
>  	for_each_memblock(memory, reg) {
>  		phys_addr_t end = reg->base + reg->size;
>
> -		if (reg->base <= vmlinux_end && vmlinux_end <= end) {
> +		if (reg->base <= vmlinux_start && vmlinux_end <= end) {
>  			mem_size = min(reg->size, (phys_addr_t)-PAGE_OFFSET);
>
>  			/*

Reviewed-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@...gle.com>

Thanks.  I'm going to target this for the next RC.