linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: DEC: Restore bootmem reservation for firmware working memory area

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Date:   Wed, 14 Oct 2020 21:01:14 +0300
From:   Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>
To:     "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:     Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: DEC: Restore bootmem reservation for firmware
 working memory area

Hello Maciej,

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 12:10:09PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> Fix a crash on DEC platforms starting with:
> 

...

> @@ -146,6 +150,9 @@ void __init plat_mem_setup(void)
>  
>  	ioport_resource.start = ~0UL;
>  	ioport_resource.end = 0UL;
> +
> +	/* Stay away from the firmware working memory area for now. */

> +	memblock_reserve(PHYS_OFFSET, __pa_symbol(&_text));

Shouldn't that be:
+	memblock_reserve(PHYS_OFFSET, __pa_symbol(&_text) - PHYS_OFFSET);
instead?

-Sergey

>  }
>  
>  /*
>