linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mips: Move initrd_start check after initrd address sanitisation.

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Date:   Tue, 23 May 2023 11:05:56 +0200
From:   Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
To:     Liviu Dudau <liviu@...au.co.uk>
Cc:     Paul Burton <paulburton@...nel.org>,
        John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>,
        Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>,
        Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@...il.com>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mips: Move initrd_start check after initrd address
 sanitisation.

On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 06:29:21PM +0100, Liviu Dudau wrote:
> PAGE_OFFSET is technically a virtual address so when checking the value of
> initrd_start against it we should make sure that it has been sanitised from
> the values passed by the bootloader. Without this change, even with a bootloader
> that passes correct addresses for an initrd, we are failing to load it on MT7621
> boards, for example.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liviu Dudau <liviu@...au.co.uk>
> ---
>  arch/mips/kernel/setup.c | 9 +++++----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

applied to mips-fixes.

Thomas.

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