[PATCH 1/2] x86: fix panic when handling "mem={invalid}" param

From: Kamal Mostafa
Date: Thu Feb 03 2011 - 20:44:16 EST


Avoid removing all of memory and panicing when "mem={invalid}" is
specified, e.g. mem=blahblah, mem=0, or mem=nopentium (on platforms
other than x86_32).

BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553464
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index 294f26d..55a59d8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -856,6 +856,9 @@ static int __init parse_memopt(char *p)

userdef = 1;
mem_size = memparse(p, &p);
+ /* don't remove all of memory when handling "mem={invalid}" param */
+ if (mem_size == 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
e820_remove_range(mem_size, ULLONG_MAX - mem_size, E820_RAM, 1);

return 0;
--
1.7.1

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