[PATCH] kdump: Retrieve saved max pfn

This patch retrieves the max_pfn being used by previous kernel and stores it
in a safe location (saved_max_pfn) before it is overwritten due to user
defined memory map.  This pfn is used to make sure that user does not try to
read the physical memory beyond saved_max_pfn.

Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
This commit is contained in:
Vivek Goyal
2005-06-25 14:58:18 -07:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent d58831e416
commit 92aa63a5a1
3 changed files with 24 additions and 0 deletions

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@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
#include "setup_arch_pre.h"
#include <bios_ebda.h>
/* Forward Declaration. */
void __init find_max_pfn(void);
/* This value is set up by the early boot code to point to the value
immediately after the boot time page tables. It contains a *physical*
address, and must not be in the .bss segment! */
@@ -736,6 +739,15 @@ static void __init parse_cmdline_early (char ** cmdline_p)
if (to != command_line)
to--;
if (!memcmp(from+7, "exactmap", 8)) {
#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
/* If we are doing a crash dump, we
* still need to know the real mem
* size before original memory map is
* reset.
*/
find_max_pfn();
saved_max_pfn = max_pfn;
#endif
from += 8+7;
e820.nr_map = 0;
userdef = 1;