linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] ARM: decompressor: add option to ignore MEM ATAGs

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Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 21:12:45 +0100
From: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
To: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>,
	"Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@...nel.org>,
	Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@...cle.com>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
	"Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
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	Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ARM: decompressor: add option to ignore MEM ATAGs

Some bootloaders can pass broken MEM ATAGs that provide hardcoded
information about mounted RAM size and physical location.
Example booloader provide RAM of size 1.7Gb but actual mounted RAM
size is 512Mb causing kernel panic.

Add option CONFIG_ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT_IGNORE_MEM to ignore these ATAG
and not augument appended DTB memory node.

Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
---
 arch/arm/Kconfig                        | 12 ++++++++++++
 arch/arm/boot/compressed/atags_to_fdt.c | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index b2ab8db63c4b..6bb5c6b28106 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1549,6 +1549,18 @@ config ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT
 	  bootloaders, this option allows zImage to extract the information
 	  from the ATAG list and store it at run time into the appended DTB.
 
+config ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT_IGNORE_MEM
+	bool "Ignore MEM ATAG information from bootloader"
+	depends on ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT
+	help
+	  Some bootloaders can pass broken MEM ATAGs that provide hardcoded
+	  information about mounted RAM size and physical location.
+	  Example booloader provide RAM of size 1.7Gb but actual mounted RAM
+	  size is 512Mb causing kernel panic.
+
+	  Enable this option if MEM ATAGs should be ignored and the memory
+	  node in the appended DTB should NOT be augumented.
+
 choice
 	prompt "Kernel command line type" if ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT
 	default ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT_CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTLOADER
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/atags_to_fdt.c b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/atags_to_fdt.c
index 627752f18661..189db9fc7fea 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/atags_to_fdt.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/atags_to_fdt.c
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
 #define do_extend_cmdline 0
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT_IGNORE_MEM)
+#define do_ignore_mem 1
+#else
+#define do_ignore_mem 0
+#endif
+
 #define NR_BANKS 16
 
 static int node_offset(void *fdt, const char *node_path)
@@ -170,6 +176,10 @@ int atags_to_fdt(void *atag_list, void *fdt, int total_space)
 				setprop_string(fdt, "/chosen", "bootargs",
 					       atag->u.cmdline.cmdline);
 		} else if (atag->hdr.tag == ATAG_MEM) {
+			/* Bootloader MEM ATAG are broken and should be ignored */
+			if (do_ignore_mem)
+				continue;
+
 			if (memcount >= sizeof(mem_reg_property)/4)
 				continue;
 			if (!atag->u.mem.size)
-- 
2.43.0